Details of Liam Payne’s funeral have been revealed after the former One Direction star died…

November 3, 2024, 5:11 p.m

Liam Payne’s funeral is set to take place next week, according to reports – after the singer fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last month.

The former One Direction star’s body is set to be flown back to the UK from Argentina within the next 48 hours, according to a report. Sun.

Liam’s body has been in a British cemetery in the Argentine capital since his death.

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But the 31-year-old’s remains are set to be flown back to the UK by Wednesday and the funeral will take place at St Paul’s Cathedral next week.

The reports came after Argentine daily La Nacion reported that all the paperwork needed to repatriate Payne’s body had been completed.

Last week, Argentine police raided the Buenos Aires hotel where former One Direction singer Liam Payne died after falling from a third-floor balcony.

On the order of the prosecutor’s office, a special police unit went to the Casa Sur hotel.

Officers seized items including computer hard drives and footage from hotel cameras, a government official told The Associated Press.

The singer died on October 16 after falling from a third-floor balcony in an elite area of ​​Palermo.

According to a post-mortem examination, Payne died from multiple injuries and internal and external bleeding caused by the fall. His body was found in the courtyard of the hotel.

Initial investigations indicate that the musician was alone and experiencing a “breakdown” due to the use of substances that have not yet been identified.

After Payne’s death, police found substances in his hotel room, as well as destroyed items and furniture, prosecutors said.

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According to a preliminary toxicology report published by local media on Monday, the Boys star had cocaine in his system. The final results are expected to be released in a few weeks.

The Casa Sur Hotel has become a place to honor Payne’s fans. They left flowers, candles and photos of the singer in a makeshift shrine around a tree near the hotel entrance.

Payne’s family, which includes his mother Karen Payne and his two sisters Ruth and Nicola, expressed their devastation at the loss, as did his former bandmates. Artists and celebrities from different countries continue to share their grief.

One Direction was one of the most successful boy bands of recent times. An indefinite hiatus was announced in 2016, and Payne, like his former bandmates Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson, embarked on a solo career.

The singer wrote on his Snapchat account that he traveled to Argentina to attend Horan’s concert in Buenos Aires on October 2.

He shared videos of himself dancing with his girlfriend, American influencer Kate Cassidy, and singing along in the stands. Cassidy left Argentina after the show, but Payne stayed.