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Cheryl cut a glamorous figure as she attended the Primrose Ball in honour of Sarah Harding at The Londoner Hotel in the UK capital on Saturday, where she was joined by ex Liam Payne.
Singer Cheryl, 39, wore an elegant floor-length halter neck gown at the event, which she organised along with her fellow Girls Aloud bandmates Kimberley Walsh, 40, Nadine Coyle, 37, and Nicola Roberts, 36, in honour of their late co-star Sarah Harding, who died from cancer last year.
Liam, 29, who shares son Bear, five, with Cheryl, looked dapper in black tie as he arrived separately from Cheryl.
Glamorous: Cheryl, 39, looked elegant as she attended the Primrose Ball in honour of Sarah Harding in London on Saturday, where she was joined by ex Liam Payne, 29
It emerged earlier this week that Girls Aloud would reunite at a charity gala to celebrate their late bandmate Sarah after she died from cancer last year.
The stars fulfilled their friend’s dying wish to put on an event to raise funds for a study by Sarah’s oncologist to find out why many young women die from breast cancer.
However, the band did not sing at the ball, with Kimberley saying ‘it doesn’t feel right’ to perform without Sarah.
In style: Cheryl wore an elegant floor-length halter neck gown which she teamed with an abstract pink handbag and a pair of matching shoes
Dapper gent: Former One Direction star Liam looked smart in a black suit and matching tie, while he wore a pair of circular-framed glasses
Pop princesses: Cheryl was joined by her Girls Aloud bandmates (L-R) Kimberley Walsh, 40, Nadine Coyle, 37, and Nicola Roberts, 36
Kimberley told The Sun this week: ‘It doesn’t feel right without her.
‘We miss her so much. It’s just so hard to get your head around it — to realise that she’s gone.’
She added: ‘Before Sarah died, we chatted to her and she told us she wanted us to raise as much money as we could for charity.’
Special moment: It emerged this week that Girls Aloud would reunite at a charity gala to celebrate their late bandmate Sarah after she died from cancer last year (L-R: Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Kimberley Walsh and Cheryl Tweedy seen in 2013)
Promise: The singers fulfilled their friend’s dying wish to put on an event to raise funds for a study by Sarah’s oncologist to find out why many young women die from breast cancer (Sarah pictured in 2018)
Years & Years singer Olly Alexander, 32, Sarah’s St Trinian’s film co-star Ricky Wilson, 44, and pop legend Chrissie Hynde, 71, took to the stage at the ball.
Cheryl, Nadine and Nicola reunited earlier this year for a charity walk Race for Life for Sarah in London’s Hyde Park.
While Kimberley was unable to attend the Cancer Research UK event as she was out of the country, she took part in the 5K walk remotely.
Star quality: Cheryl wore lashings of make-up to highlight her pretty features and wore her hair in an up do
In the detail: She accessorised with a pair of delicate earrings and displayed a perfect complexion as she posed on arrival
Glitzy: Kimberley wore an off-the-shoulder toffee satin gown while Nadine donned a ruched pink dress with a low-cut neckline and front split
Glamour puss: Nadine looked statuesque in a stunning pink ruched gown with a low-cut neckline and front split
Eye-catching: Kimberley smiled as she arrived at the ball, wearing a toffee-hued off-the-shoulder satin gown which reached right down to the ground
Kimberley smiled as she arrived at the ball, wearing a toffee-hued off-the-shoulder satin gown which reached right down to the ground.
Nadine looked statuesque in a stunning pink ruched gown with a low-cut neckline and front split.
They were joined by Nicola who looked stunning in a sequinned gold dress with a feathered hem, while she wore a pair of copper heels.
Strike a pose: They were joined by Nicola who looked stunning in a sequinned gold dress with a feathered hem
Style queen: Nicola wore lashings of make-up to highlight her pretty features, including a bold red lip, and confidently posed with her hand on her hip
It comes after Cheryl said she wants to remember Sarah ‘before her illness’.
The pop star was left devastated when her former bandmate died of breast cancer in September 2021
While Cheryl says it’s ‘hard to shake’ memories of her friend being so unwell, the Fight for this Love hitmaker hopes she can eventually let the dark days ‘recede into the background’.
Fame game: Former The Only Way Is Essex star Jessica Wright cut a glamorous figure in a white blazer and flared trousers with tasseled detail as she arrived at the ball with a friend
Out on the town: Former glamour model Jackie St. Clair wore a lemon-hued halter neck dress with a satin top and a mesh skirt for the evening
Pals: Jackie posed alongside singer Leila Russack, who wore an embroidered gown with a floral pattern and a navy blue sheer section on the skirt
Stepping out: Actress Nicola Stapleton wore a navy blue dress with cut out detail at the midriff which she teamed with a cropped leather jacket
Cheryl wrote in an article for Vogue: ‘I would like to move forward by remembering Sarah before her illness.
‘Although memories of that time do exist and are hard to shake, they hold no weight against the light she so brightly shone in the years beforehand.
‘I have many, many more of those years to hold onto, and that is my intention. Her fun, bubbly side, her close-to-the-edge risky side, and her deeply soft and vulnerable side are some of the intricacies that made up Sarah in all of her glory.
‘In the last few days spent with her, we got to laugh, cry, reminisce, cook, watch spiritual programmes (our shared love) and pray together. Those are the parts I will keep in my heart as I let the illness recede into the background.’
Former One Direction star Liam and Girls Aloud singer Cheryl welcomed their son Bear in 2017 but split the following year following a two and a half year romance.
Not meant to be: Liam declared welcoming son Bear with ex Cheryl ‘ruined their relationship but for all the right reasons’ in a candid chat this summer (pictured February 2018)
The pair – who first met when he auditioned for the X Factor at 14 – confirmed reports that they were dating in February 2016.
Cheryl later kept fans guessing for months before confirming her pregnancy in the most public way – at a L’Oreal photoshoot, in which she posed in a close-fitting black dress and cradled her bump.
The couple confirmed the birth of son bear on Mother’s Day 2017, posting identical Instagram posts of Liam cradling their newborn baby.
Cheryl confirmed she and Liam had sadly split in a tweet addressed to her 7million Twitter followers in July 2018.
She wrote: ‘We are sad to announce that we are going our separate ways. It’s been a tough decision for us to make.
‘We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together.’
This summer Liam declared welcoming son Bear with ex Cheryl ‘ruined their relationship but for all the right reasons’ in his most candid chat yet
Speaking on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast in June, the Strip That Down singer said he originally struggled with becoming a father at the tender age of 23, and detailed how Cheryl haemorrhaged ‘badly’ while giving birth.
He said: ‘I like to talk to other new dads. You don’t know what is coming and it’s different.
‘And to be honest with you, it ruined a relationship for me at that point but for all the right reasons. I was so excited for him to be born that I was actually worried if I wouldn’t love him enough.’
Speaking about the day the former couple became parents, Liam detailed a terrifying incident where Cheryl ‘haemorrhaged quite badly giving birth’ – which left her resting for Bear’s first day.
He said: ‘So for the first 24 hours of his life, it was me and a baby in the room and I was 23 and had to take care of it and I didn’t even have any baby sisters or anything. It was fun.
Father: The former One Direction hitmaker and the Girls Aloud star welcomed Bear in 2017 but split the following year following a two year romance
‘The end of the night was me playing FIFA with my little boy on my arm like “this is the coolest thing ever”.’
Liam praised his ex and gave an insight into their co-parenting, saying: ‘She is the best mum in the world. I couldn’t ask for someone better.
‘I get to take my son to school one or two times a week and it’s the best thing. The relationship we have now as friends has only grown more.
‘We broke up for a reason and now she gives me full autonomy of my life and to do what I do and I know he’s [Bear’s] taken care of. He is all she cares about and I couldn’t ask for more. They live like three minutes from my house.
‘I always glue myself to where he is. My life now is his. My money is his. I have several companies he can run if he wants one day or he can sell… but right now he’s only five so we have a long way to go.
‘He’s a lovely, lovely boy. We’ve been blessed.’
Whirlwind romance: The pair struck up a romance in December 2015 after they first met on The X Factor
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