Liam Payne’s grieving girlfriend has paid tribute to the tragic singer – revealing he handed her a note before he died detailing plans for them to marry.
The singer sparked an outpouring of grief when he fell 45ft to his death from a hotel balcony last Wednesday at the age of 31.
Alongside a photo of the couple embracing in black and white, Kate Cassidy, 25, said that her heart was ‘shattered’.
Liam Payne’s grieving girlfriend has paid tribute to the tragic singer – revealing he handed her a note before he died detailing plans for them to marry.
The singer sparked an outpouring of grief when he fell 45ft to his death from a hotel balcony last Wednesday at the age of 31.
Alongside a photo of the couple embracing in black and white, Kate Cassidy, 25, said that her heart was ‘shattered’.
And in a loving detail, he added the numbers 444 – which Kate has been using to sign off her tributes to him.
She says it represents the favourite number sequence of the angels, which reminds you that there is always someone there to support you when you are feeling down.
In a series of photos posted alongside her message, she shared sweet snapshots of their time together – posing wrapped up in the snow, wearing Minnie Mouse ears at Disney Land and playing with their puppy.
Ms Cassidy, 25, left Argentina two days before Liam’s death in Buenos Aires, where they had originally flown to watch his former bandmate Niall Horan’s concert on October 4.
The former One Direction star fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Palmero hotel in a tragedy which is being treated as an ‘inconclusive death’.
A post-mortem examination has determined that he died from multiple injuries.
Posting on Instagram, she revealed their idyllic evening, now touched with tragedy.
She wrote: ‘A few weeks ago, we sat outside on a beautiful evening manifesting our lives together. I keep your note close, even though you told me not to look at it.
‘It said: “Me and Kate to marry within a year/engaged and together forever 444”
‘Liam, I know we’ll be together forever, but not in the way we had planned. You’ll always be with me. I’ve gained a guardian angel.
‘I will love you for the rest of my life and beyond, carrying our dreams and memories with me everywhere I go.’
Kate and Liam first started dating in October 2022, and made their red carpet debut at the Fashion Awards later that year.
The pair then put an end to split rumours by enjoying a date in London in June last year, and later that year she supported him when he was rushed to hospital with a ‘serious kidney infection’.
One image – of Liam and Kate playing with their beloved rescue dog Nala – showed his hopes that they could one day make up a ‘nice and loving family’.
The troubled musician had adopted her just a month before his death, describing the encounter which led to the adoption as a ‘meet and greet with a couple doggos’.
Speaking of his furry friend, he added: ‘I really love her. She is so cute. She is a tiny new member of the family for a while.
‘We’re going to foster her for a while and get her really nice for a loving family I think. But we might be the nice family.’
Kate was seen out in public for the first time this weekend, picking up dog food for their pet.
She walked along the street with two friends while holding a bag under each arm.
On Friday the influencer broke her silence to pay an emotional tribute to Payne. The post on her Instagram read: ‘Thank you for all of the kind words and love that has been sent my way.
‘I have been at a complete loss. Nothing about the past few days have felt real. I ask and pray that you’ll give me the grace and space to navigate this in private.
‘Liam, my angel. You are everything. I want you to know I loved you unconditionally and completely. I will continue to love you for the rest of my life. I love you Liam.’
The singer’s father Geoff has travelled to the Argentine capital to confirm the body is his son’s and to arrange for its repatriation back to the UK once it is released by the authorities. His funeral is expected to take place in November.
Mr Payne’s untimely death has sparked an outpouring of grief from family, friends and heartbroken fans.
The star’s sister paid a heartbreaking tribute today, saying her brother ‘lived for making people smile’.
In an emotional Instagram post today, Nicola Payne said that she ‘went cold’ when she found out her sibling had died in a hotel balcony fall.
She said she had spent the last few days hoping it was a mistake as she struggled to come to terms with Mr Payne’s tragic death.
Nicola shared family snaps as well as one of Mr Payne on stage with his 1D bandmates alongside an emotional tribute as she said: ‘You were truly too good for this earth, you are an angel who just lived for making people smile and happy.’
The 36-year-old told how Mr Payne had always shown kindness to everyone he met and his family were his ‘biggest fans always and forever’.
Nicola said she hoped the One Direction star had ‘finally found peace’ and criticised those who are ‘quick to judge someone from a few five second clips’.
‘When I saw the news pop up on my phone that you had left us I went cold,’ she said.
‘I wanted so much for this to be untrue. I have spent days hoping that it was a mistake and somebody has got it wrong.’
She added that she had been looking back at his excited messages from the night before his niece was born.
Nicola ended the post by writing: ‘I hope you have finally found peace up there and that you’ll continue to look after us all as you have done in life. We will make sure Bear knows about his daddy and how much you loved him, we promise this.
‘See you soon Liam, Love You xx.’
Two days ago, Mr Payne’s other sister Ruth Gibbins paid her own heartbreaking tribute as she thanked him for ‘changing my life’ and for ‘being the best brother and friend I’ll ever have’.
Nicola and Ruth are the singer’s two older sisters, making him the youngest of three siblings in the tight-knit family, who last week said they were ‘heartbroken’ by his death.
Ruth wrote on her Instagram: ‘I don’t believe this is happening. Many times I have poured my heart out publicly with pride about Liam but never much about life as his sister.
‘Liam is my best friend, no one could ever make me laugh as much as him, doing his impressions always had me creasing and he loved seeing how much of a laugh he could get.’
Ruth revealed she learned how to drive after Liam got through to the X Factor live shows when he was 17 as she ‘couldn’t stand the thought of not being able to get to him’.
She continued: ‘I would regularly drive to have tea with him after I finished work, just to sit around. One month the hotel was right by a wagamamas and I swear he had it morning, noon and night!
‘I used to love picking him up from work when it all started especially after concerts, speeding us away from venues and appearances, Liam plugging in his phone to show me the new songs for his albums.
‘Liam loved 1D, he loved his brothers and we talked about it so much. He would just play song after song that had been recorded but never used and we’d sit having a mini 1D concert.
‘Liam knew he could call me anytime, any day and I would pick up or that I would always fetch him if he needed to just come home. Our calls would often result in me laughing at his ideas and next adventure, talking through his plans and working through his issues but it would always end with ‘love you miss you’ ‘love you ru’.
‘Liam was born with music in his veins, it was clear from a very young age he just had that quality that would make him a star. I could sit and listen to him sing all day, which is a good job really because he never bloody stopped!
‘I will never tire of the look he gives when showing new songs, ‘listen loud’ he’d say and just grin with pride of his work.
‘I keep notes on my phone ‘things to tell Liam’ so that if he was away working for a while, I’d know what I needed to update him on. I suppose it’s only right I tell him now.’
Speaking to her brother directly, she continued: ‘Liam, my brain is struggling to catch up with what’s happening and I don’t understand where you’ve gone.
‘What I do love most about you is your ability to make me laugh, I never chuckle as much as I do when I’m with you with anyone else.
‘I don’t feel this world was good enough or kind enough to you, and quite often over the last few years, you’ve had to really try hard to overcome all that was being aimed at you.
‘You just wanted to be loved and to make people happy with your music. You never believed you were good enough, I hope you can now see this outpouring of love that you never received in your time.
‘I’m sorry I couldn’t save you. One last time I need you to know, I’m here if you need anything, I’d drive to the end of the universe to bring you back.’
Tributes have flooded in for the popstar from millions of friends and fans of Mr Payne, including the mother of his child Cheryl Cole.
The Girls Aloud singer was previously in a relationship with him for two years, with the pair welcoming Bear Grey into the world on March 22, 2017.
The grieving mother has taken to Instagram telling of her anguish as she tries ‘navigate this earth shattering event’.
Her statement read: ‘As I try to navigate this earth shattering event, and work through my own grief at this indescribably painful time.
‘I’d like to kindly remind everyone that we have lost a human being.
‘Liam was not only a pop star and celebrity, he was a son, a brother, an uncle, a dear friend and a father to our seven year old son.
‘A son that now has to face the reality of never seeing his father again.’
It was announced on Sunday that two workers at the hotel where Payne fell to his death are being investigated for supplying the star with drugs in the days leading up to the tragedy.
The men are accused of smuggling them into the singer’s suite at the hotel.
A cleaner and another member of staff are said to have hidden the drugs in a Dove soap box which detectives found in Payne’s room following his death.
White powder, crystals, tablets and other paraphernalia were discovered in the third-floor suite.
Police have sent the chemicals – believed to be cocaine and crack cocaine – for analysis.
Management at CasaSur, in the upmarket district of Palermo, are understood to have been made aware of the unusual behaviour of the unnamed men and dismissed one member of staff.
Detectives have also questioned them about their possible role in Payne’s death.
This weekend emotional fans joined candlelit vigils across the globe to remember Payne.
Heartbroken devotees came together throughout the day to pay their respects, including one at the Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens.
Photos showed sobbing fans crowding around candles and balloons as they said goodbye to their idol.
Devastated fan Victoria Cardoso, who once met Payne in Westfield shopping centre, told MailOnline: ‘The pain that we’re feeling is nothing compared to what his family members are feeling.’
She added: ‘It’s unbearable and […] my heart breaks for all of them.’
Recounting the time she met hime while out shopping in London, Ms Cardoso said: ‘I wasn’t expecting it, was just completely out of the blue.
‘Yeah, I had a good 10 to 15 minute interaction with him. He was so different.
‘In person, he’s so humble and he’s obviously just a normal guy and he was absolutely beautiful and charming and friendly, warm.’
Ms Cardoso, who was one of thousands to join the vigils, moved to the UK from Brazil and said she met Payne within six months of living here.
‘I asked him, ”Can I touch your tattoos?” And I just touched his arm and I was crying,’ she said.
‘He was like, ”No, don’t cry”.
‘I was like, ”You’re so beautiful”. He was like, ”thank you, so are you”. Yeah, it was such a warm interaction.
‘He was with his parents as well. So I got to meet Karen and Geoff as well.’
The super fan added: ‘Actually when I saw him I couldn’t even speak.
He was like, ”Darling, please, please please don’t make a big scene” and stuff like that.
‘I’m so so thankful that I was able to experience that before this happened.’
The event in Kensington Gardens was held ‘in memory of Liam’ and to ‘honour his shining spirit and unforgettable impact’.
Bereaved attendees brought flowers, letters, drawings as well as One Direction memorabilia to lay under a picture of the star. Some came in groups and hugged and held each other as they mourned his loss.
