Liam Payne’s One Direction bandmates will pay their respects at the singer’s funeral tomorrow.
Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson will all be at the service in the Home Counties.
The funeral will be private and attended only by his family and close friends.
A source told The Sun: ‘His family have gone to great lengths to put together the perfect service and give him the send off he deserves.
‘Liam may have been a global superstar but to Geoff and Karen he will always be their little boy.
‘It is going to be an incredibly difficult day.’
The funeral is taking place a month after he died aged 31 when he fell from a balcony at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
An autopsy confimed his cause of death was multiple injuries sustained in his fall that led to ‘internal and external haemorrhaging.’
Payne also had traces of alcohol, cocaine, and a prescription antidepressant in his system when he died.
Earlier this month, Argentina’s public prosecutor confirmed three people were arrested in connection to Payne’s death.
Two hotel workers are among the three detained, with a friend of Payne’s also having their home raided before being arrested.
The three had been formally charged with ‘abandonment of a person followed by death, supply, and facilitation of narcotics’.
The crimes are punishable by a prison sentence of up to 15 years on conviction, if found guilty.
Nine raids have also been ordered on properties in Buenos Aires and some of Payne’s devices are still being analysed, prosecutors said earlier this month.
Fans from across the globe held vigils and music stars paid tribute after Payne died on October 16.
In a group statement, his former 1D bandmates said they were ‘completely devastated’ and will miss the singer ‘terribly.’
Payne’s girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, said in a post to social media that her heart was ‘shattered in ways I can’t put into words.’
The singer had found fame alongside the four boys when Simon Cowell put them together to form One Direction on ITV talent show The X Factor in 2010.
Payne first auditioned in 2008 when he was 14, singing Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me To The Moon, with judge Cowell telling him to return to the talent show two years later.
The music mogul said he was ‘truly devastated’ in an Instagram post reacting to news of Payne’s death, adding: ‘Every tear I have shed is a memory of you.’
Payne previously said he struggled with alcoholism at the peak of his success with One Direction, describing hitting ‘rock bottom’ to The Diary Of A CEO podcast host, Steven Bartlett.
He was a father to son, Bear, who he shared with ex Cheryl Cole.
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