Did One Direction’s Liam Payne Ever Meet The Royal Family?

British royal family news reveals that the UK music scene was plunged into grief by the sudden death of former One Direction star Liam Payne, who died on October 16 at the age of 31.

The former boy bander fell three stories from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aries, leaving behind a trashed room full of drug paraphernalia and tons of unanswered questions.

One Direction was the brainchild of Simon Cowell and debuted on his show “The X-Factor” in 2010. They came closer to replicating Beatlemania than Oasis ever did.

As a royalist, Payne had several meet-ups with the royal family even after the group’s demise in 2015. Here’s what to know as the world mourns one of Britain’s modern day shining stars.

Royal Family News: Liam Payne and the Royal Family

Payne met William, Prince of Wales and his wife Catherine, Princess of Wales at the Royal Variety Performance in 2014. The event is a fundraiser for the Royal Variety Charity, raising funds for entertainment industry figures who have fallen on hard times.

The 2014 meeting took place when Kate was pregnant with her second child, Princess Charlotte. In November 2015, on the day that One Direction’s fifth and final studio album, “Made in the A.M.” was released, they met Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.

Royal Family News: Liam Payne Met the Queen

In 2017 Payne attended another royal gala, but this time he attended without his bandmates. The event was the Queen’s Young Leaders reception held at Buckingham Palace. The late regent created the program as part of her Diamond Jubilee Trust.

The group was formed to develop young leaders who would train to have an impact on their communities.  Payne once again saw Prince Harry and he met Queen Elizabeth II for the first time.

Afterward Payne posted on Instagram about meeting the queen: “An absolute honour to meet the Queen today on such a fantastic occasion. Privileged to share the room with such inspirational @queensyoungleaders, hear their stories and how they are helping to rebuild and preserve a sometimes broken world.”

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Royal Family News: Liam Payne Met Queen Elizabeth in 2017

The next year Payne met with the queen once again, following the Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey. A few months after her death in 2022, Payne again spoke about the queen on Instagram.

He shared that he was painting a portrait of the queen in her youth, wearing a crown. He wrote “Unfinished oil canvas I painted of the Queen. This is 4.5 feet tall and took about 50 hours … RIP HRH.”

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