Liam Payne ’s funeral is set to take place in a location that’s ‘close to his heart’ as his body is set to return home. The X Factor star and boyband icon died when he fell from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, almost three weeks ago at the age of 31.

The former One Direction singer died aged 31 after falling from the third floor balcony of a hotel in Argentina last month

Liam Payne ’s body will be flown back to the UK in the next 36 hours, according to media in Argentina, where the former One Direction singer died last month. The Sun newspaper reports that Payne’s funeral will take place in the UK this week, at St Paul’s Cathedral in Wolverhampton, the city where he grew up.

A funeral for Liam Payne will be held in the coming days in the late star's hometown almost one month on from his tragic death in Argentina. The One Direction singer, 31, died following a fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on October 16.