Liam Payne's royal links from Kate Middleton and Prince William to late Queen Elizabeth

Liam Payne tragically passed distant connected Wednesday astatine the property of 31, but his beingness and bequest touched galore fans astir the satellite - including galore royals who helium had met implicit the years

As the satellite continues to mourn the nonaccomplishment of erstwhile One Direction idol Liam Payne, devastated fans person been sharing memories of the precocious vocalist portion reflecting connected his bequest successful the hours since his death. Liam tragically mislaid his beingness astatine the property of 31, connected Wednesday October 16 erstwhile helium fell from a edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, wherever helium had been holidaying with his girlfriend.

Yet successful the aftermath of his nonaccomplishment and the outpouring of grief that has followed, determination person been respective heartwarming memories and anecdotes shared too, that overgarment a vibrant representation of the beingness the vocalist lived successful the spotlight - including respective times helium brushed shoulders with royalty passim his euphony career.

Among the standout memories see the clip Liam, alongside his chap One Direction bandmates met Prince William and Kate Middleton astatine the Royal Variety Performance connected Nov. 13, 2014.

Kate, who was large with her 2nd kid Princess Charlotte astatine the time, attracted the attraction of the teen singers, and Liam’s bandmate Harry Style adjacent told her “congratulations connected the bump … [though] she didn’t look bumpy,” recalls Newsweek.

The pursuing twelvemonth successful 2015, One Direction erstwhile again rubbed shoulders with elder members of the royal family, erstwhile the radical met Prince Harry connected November 13, the aforesaid time One Direction’s last medium Made successful the A.M. was released.

According to PEOPLE, the prince enjoyed an animated speech with Harry Styles and jokingly asked him “When was the past clip you had a hairsbreadth cut?” Afterwards, Styles clarified that “at immoderate constituent I’ll beryllium cutting it [his hair] for charity.”

Capturing the speech connected camera, Liam could beryllium seen smiling arsenic helium listened intently to the speech himself, intelligibly unfazed and not remotely tense astir interacting with a subordinate of the royal household for a 2nd time.

Interestingly, the aforesaid couldn’t rather beryllium said for Liam’s brushwood with the precocious Queen Elizabeth 2 years aboriginal successful 2017, erstwhile helium attended a Queen’s Young Leaders reception astatine Buckingham Palace for young leaders who had strived to marque a quality successful their section communities.

Attending the lawsuit without his bandmates for a change, the solo vocalist erstwhile again met Prince Harry, but it was the Queen herself who seemed to person near Liam awestruck, arsenic helium aboriginal took to societal media to archer the world astir his gathering with her.

“An implicit honour to conscionable the Queen contiguous connected specified a fantastic occasion. Privileged to stock the country with specified inspirational @queensyoungleaders, perceive their stories and however they are helping to rebuild and sphere a sometimes breached world,” Payne wrote connected societal media astatine the time.

Fast guardant a twelvemonth to 2018 and erstwhile again Liam was capable to conscionable the Queen, astatine the Commonwealth Day Service astatine Westminster Abbey connected March 12.

Clearly inspired and appreciative of everything she had accomplished successful her enduring reign, Liam was peculiarly moved by her decease successful September 2022, and 3 months aft her passing, helium shared a 4ft lipid coating successful tribute to the precocious monarch that had taken implicit 50 hours to create, according to the Independent.

Payne tragically died connected Wednesday afternoon, aft falling respective stories astatine the CasaSur Palermo Hotel successful Buenos Aires.

Prior to the accomplishment of exigency services, the edifice receptionist is understood to person called 911 to explicit concerns implicit the singer’s erratic behaviour and the content helium whitethorn person been nether the power of drugs oregon alcohol. The receptionist asked for assistance “urgently” implicit fears helium whitethorn beryllium a information to himself.

He was sadly pronounced dormant astatine the country aft falling from the balcony of his edifice room, with a preliminary autopsy conducted connected Thursday October 17 revealing that helium had died from aggregate injuries and “internal and external” haemorrhages owed to the fall.

The prosecutor’s bureau handling the lawsuit says a toxicology study remains pending.