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Twist in Liam Payne inheritance drama as son Bear might not inherit One Direction star's £24million fortune until he's 25 as Cheryl 'wants to protect him'

Liam Payne's son Bear could be blocked by his mother, Cheryl Tweedy, from inheriting his father's multi-million pound fortune until he is at least 25, a source has claimed.

Last year, the Daily Mail's Katie Hind revealed the One Direction singer had made careful arrangements for his son's financial future - having cannily invested in property, including a mansion in Buckinghamshire. Payne's funeral in November in Buckinghamshire was attended by Cheryl (pictured) and fellow One Direction stars Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson, along with his family and friends If unmarried and without children, the estate is inherited by the deceased's close relatives in the following order of priority: Parents, brothers and sisters, half-brothers and half-sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins.

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