Liam Payne‘s girlfriend Kate Cassidy has shared a heartbreaking Valentine’s Day tribute to the late singer.
The One Direction star died aged 31 on October 16 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, following a drugs binge.
Kate – who began dating Liam in 2022 – commemorated the star as she spent her first Valentine’s Day without him on Friday.
The model, 25, shared a gift from her best friend of a photo frame filled with black and white photos of her and Liam together.
It had the number ‘444’ written in the middle and the couple’s initials ‘LP [heart emoji] KC’.
‘Couldn’t ask for a better best friend. This Valentine’s gift is so special,’ Kate wrote as she shared the post on her Instagram Story.
Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy shared a heartbreaking Valentine’s Day tribute to him
She revealed a photo frame revealed with black and white photos of the couple that her friend gifted her
The TikTok star held the present in front of a vase of red roses on a mantelpiece in the snap.
The number 444 holds a special significance for Kate and Liam.
After his death, she referenced the angel numbers as she revealed they had been planning to marry in the weeks leading up to his passing.
She wrote: ‘A few weeks ago, we sat outside on a beautiful evening manifesting our lives together.
‘I keep your note close, even though you told me not to look at it. It said, “Me and Kate to marry within a year/engaged and together forever 444.”
‘Liam, I know we’ll be together forever, but not in the way we had planned. You’ll always be with me. I’ve gained a guardian angel.
‘I will love you for the rest of my life and beyond, carrying our dreams and memories with me everywhere I go. Forever yours, Katelyn 444.’
Angel numbers are sequences of numbers that often contain repetition or patterns, popping up in everyday life and being interpreted as messages from the spiritual world.
Kate talked about the angel number ‘444’ which holds special significance for the couple, revealing her app for the Northern Lights said the likelihood of seeing the lights were a 4 on the KP index
The model, 25, and singer, 31, began dating in 2022
Kate recently broke down in tears as she thanked fans for their support following Liam’s death in an emotional TikTok video
Also on Friday, Kate shared her wonder at the number 4 popping up repeatedly in the notifications on her phone screen from an app she installed during a trip to see the Northern Lights with Liam last year.
‘Came across this when I first woke up whole checking my notifications…. Liam and I were seeing the Northern Lights exactly a year ago today for Valentine’s,’ she wrore on the screenshot.
‘I never deleted this app. Signs are real 444 [love heart emoji]. Happy Valentine’s Liam.’
The notifications said, ‘The latest observed KP value reach 4,’ and filled her phone screen.
The KP index tells people how likely they are to see the Northern Lights as it represents geomagnetic activity in the sky on a scale from 0 to 9.
Kate’s tribute to Liam comes just days after she broke down in tears while thanking fans for their support following the singer’s death.
Liam died after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina in October
Kate left their trip early to look after their rescue dog Nala at their Florida home
‘I can’t even believe I’m sitting here filming this video right now, speaking about this like I’ll never really understand,’ the vlogger said on TikTok.
‘This was a platform I used to use for fun with Liam and do all those silly little dances and do our little videos together.
‘I’m so glad I have those memories and that I was able to share that side of our relationship with the world.
‘I wish Liam was here to be able to see the amount of love and support he’s received worldwide because it’s what he deserves and what he would have wanted.
‘I’m not the only one grieving right now, I know he impacted so many of you guys and he really did love his fans.
‘I just wanted to come on here and say thank you so much for all the kind words once again that have been sent my way because it does not go unnoticed or unseen.
‘As I navigate this next chapter of my life without Liam, it’s just, I don’t even know what to say.’
She concluded: ‘It’s really kind seeing the support and love that has been sent my way. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.’
Kate had accompanied Liam on the trip to Argentina in October.
She left early to look after their rescue dog, Nala, at the Florida home they lived in together.
His medical cause of death has been announced to be ‘polytrauma’, a term which means a person has multiple traumatic injuries to their body.
