Liam Payne’s father has visited the hotel in Argentina where his son died, as he read tributes left for the One Direction star.
Geoff Payne was seen reading messages and looking at flowers placed outside the Casa Sur Hotel in the capital Buenos Aires.
He was watched on by a crowd of mourners.
Sky correspondent Martha Kelner in Buenos Aires said: “Geoff paused occasionally to put on his glasses to read the notes written in English and picked up the pictures to kiss them.
Payne’s father arrived in Argentina on Friday to arrange for the return of his son’s body to the UK.
Earlier, he was seen leaving a different hotel in the city, accompanied by British consular officials and security staff.
Argentinian officials said Mr Payne visited the city’s morgue to identify his son before meeting with the local prosecutor’s office to organise the repatriation of his body.
Local media reported he was expected to pick up some of his son’s belongings during the visit.
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What we know about Liam Payne’s death
Payne expressed gratitude to his parents during several interviews with the media in recent years.
His father, a mechanic, and his mother, a nurse, both made cameos in One Direction: This Is Us, a 2013 concert documentary about the band.
“When I see him on stage I absolutely burst with pride, but we do miss him so much,” Payne’s mother, Karen, said at one point in the film.
Image: Geoff Payne was earlier seen at a different hotel in the city. Pic: Reuters
Tributes have poured in for Payne following his death, including from his One Direction bandmates who issued a joint statement and their own personal messages.
Simon Cowell – who mentored the band on the X Factor and later signed them to his label – paid tribute to Payne on Friday evening, saying he was “truly devastated” and felt “empty”.
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Girls Aloud singer Cheryl, who was in a relationship with Payne between 2016 and 2018, and had a son with him in 2017, also spoke of her heartbreak on Friday and hit out at “abhorrent” reports surrounding his death.
Singer Cheryl has posted about Liam Payne's death, saying their seven-year-old son Bear "has to face the reality of never seeing his father again".The Girls Aloud star and former X Factor judge also hit out at "abhorrent reports" about Payne, saying: "It is breaking my heart further that I cannot protect (Bear) from that in his future."Payne died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.Follow latest: Liam […]
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