As he held his newborn son in his arms, Liam Payne knew he was truly in love, perhaps for the first time in his life.
One hand supporting little Bear’s neck and the other on his bottom, the singer clasped him like he was the most precious thing in the world, just minutes after his birth at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on March 22, 2017.
He later posted the photograph on Instagram, alongside the words: ‘My close friends and family know there are very few times when I’m left speechless… wow!’
It was a moment that Bear’s mother, the singer and former X Factor judge Cheryl Tweedy, who is believed to have taken the photograph, will hold in her heart for ever, now that their little boy will never see his father again. Liam, the former One Direction star, died on Wednesday evening, after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He was only 31. He did everything so early in life: fame at 16, fatherhood at 23, and now a terrible, senseless…