She described the singer as her ‘best friend’ and ‘the love of my life’.

"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 7 year old son," she said.

Payne died of multiple traumas and ‘internal and external haemorrhage’, a post-mortem examination report said.

The pop star died after falling from a balcony on the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The singer fell from a hotel balcony in Argentina.

Ambulance workers later confirmed the death of the singer, who was found in an interior hotel patio,

He will hold auditions for the new band 14 years after forming One Direction on The X Factor