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Girls Aloud stars Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh arrive to support bandmate Cheryl at Liam Payne's funeral as the star is laid to rest after his tragic death


Girls Aloud stars Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh were among the first mourners to arrive at Liam Payne's funeral, as the One Direction star was finally laid to rest on Wednesday.

Liam, pictured in Dubai last year, died aged 31 on October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires Harry Styles, 30, Niall Horan, 31, Zayn Malik, 31, and Louis Tomlinson, 32, are all expected to be present in what is believed to be their first public meeting as a group since their last concert in 2015. The funeral's location has been a closely guarded secret, and local residents only realised it was taking place when 'no parking' signs were erected around the church.

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