Cheryl speaks out on 'intensely emotional' night for Sarah Harding after reuniting with Girls Aloud and ex-Liam Payne
10.10.2022 - 22:25
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Cheryl Tweedy has shared her thoughts on an 'intensely emotional' night after the remaining members of Girls Aloud fulfilled Sarah Harding's dying wish. On Saturday night Cheryl, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh and Nadine Coyle hosted a fundraising gala for cancer research in memory of their late bandmate.
Sarah's Primrose Ball was held at The Londoner hotel in central London on Saturday, October 8, with performances from the likes of Olly Alexander and a live auction that included an original canvas depicting the pop star by artistic duo the Connor Brothers. Liam Payne was also seen in attendance supporting ex-Cheryl, with whom he shares son Bear.
The event comes just over a year after Sarah, who shot to fame alongside Kimberley, Cheryl, Nadine and Nicola in Girls Aloud in the earlier noughties, died aged 39 in September 2021 after revealing she had breast cancer which had spread to other parts of her body.
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Taking to Instagram on Monday (October 10), after it was rumoured the gala night brought in £400,000 and counting for Christie NHS Foundation Trust, based in Withington, Manchester, and Cancer Research UK, as part of the Sarah Harding Breast Cancer Appeal, Cheryl shared a series of pictures from the event.
It showed the mum-of-one arriving at the sparkling event for Sarah alongside her former bandmates and friends. Cheryl, 39, looked elegant in a full-length, halterneck black gown which she accessorised with a bright prink clutch bag and wore her hair in a classic up-do.
She also shared pictures of the performers on the night including Years and Years' Olly who performed Girls Aloud classics Call The