Liam Payne's mum and dad arrive at funeral for final goodbye to One Direction star

One Direction vocalist Liam Payne's friends and household person travel unneurotic to grieve the 31-year-old aft helium fell from his edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires

Liam Payne's heartbroken parents Karen and Geoff person arrived astatine the ceremonial of the son, alongside the singer's 2 sisters.

The One Direction singer's loved ones person travel unneurotic contiguous to grieve the 31-year-old aft helium fell from his edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires connected October 16.

Liam's begetter Geoff brought his son's assemblage backmost to the UK 2 weeks ago. Geoff flew retired to Argentina aft the calamity and refused to permission his son's side. He besides took the clip to greet fans of his lad who had gathered extracurricular the edifice wherever helium died to wage their respects and grieve.

The erstwhile One Direction vocalist volition beryllium laid to remainder astatine a backstage ceremonial successful the Home Counties wherever his household and closest friends volition attend. The ceremonial volition beryllium followed by a wake.

Liam's One Direction bandmates, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik are each expected to be the service, arsenic good arsenic his devastated girlfriend, Kate Cassidy. Cheryl, who shares seven-year-old lad Bear, with the vocalist is besides expected to be the ceremonial today.

Ahead of the service, preparations got underway astatine the religion arsenic an array of beauteous angiosperm arrangements person been placed extracurricular the beforehand doorway of the tiny church. Early this morning, the flowers were placed supra the arch connected the entranceway to the church, arsenic good arsenic extracurricular up of mourners arriving astatine the service. White roses and autumnal foliage were placed astatine the entranceway of the religion arsenic candles lined the path.

Liam's household were dedicated to giving him a cleanable last nonstop off, a root has revealed. The insider told The Sun: "His household person gone to large lengths to enactment unneurotic the cleanable work and springiness him the nonstop disconnected helium deserves. Liam whitethorn person been a planetary superstar but to Geoff and Karen helium volition ever beryllium their small boy. It is going to beryllium an incredibly hard day."

After Liam's tragic decease connected October 16, his household paid tribute to the prima successful a statement. In a statement, they said: "We are heartbroken. Liam volition everlastingly unrecorded successful our hearts and we’ll retrieve him for his kind, comic and brave soul. We are supporting each different the champion we tin arsenic a household and inquire for privateness and abstraction astatine this atrocious time."

Following Liam’s death, his dada Geoff headed to the CasaSur edifice successful Buenos Aires wherever the Strip That Down vocalist passed away. As helium visited the hotel, helium work tributes to his superstar lad and kissed pictures of Liam. As Liam's devastated household proceed to travel to presumption with his death, his sister precocious said that she her small member has "found peace" successful a moving statement.

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