The former One Direction star, who died falling from a third-floor balcony last week, first met Scherzinger on ITV show The X Factor.

She described the singer as her ‘best friend’ and ‘the love of my life’.

Payne died of multiple traumas and ‘internal and external haemorrhage’, a post-mortem examination report said.

The pop star died after falling from a balcony on the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The singer fell from a hotel balcony in Argentina.