Cheryl and ex Liam Payne attend Sarah Harding charity ball

Cheryl cuts a glamorous figure in elegant floor-length halter neck gown as she’s joined by ex Liam Payne at the Primrose Ball in honour of the late Sarah Harding

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’.

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.’

 

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