Kimberley Walsh says Girls Aloud 'lean on each other' after Sarah's Harding's death

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The members of pop group Girls Aloud leaned on one another following the death of Sarah Harding, close friend and former band member Kimberley Walsh has revealed.The English-Irish pop group was formed back in 2002 while on the ITV talent show Popstars: The Rivals, with the band being comprised of Kimberley, Sarah, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts and Cheryl Tweedy.Their first single, Sound of the Underground, cemented their place on the charts, and over the course of their seven years together, they were named the United Kingdom's biggest-selling girl group of the 21st century, with over 4.3 million singles sales and 4 million albums sold in the UK alone.The band split in 2013 and went their separate ways, with each of the women releasing solo work.

Sarah died in 2021 at the age of 39 after revealing she had breast cancer which had spread to other parts of her body. While reflecting on the difficult time, in conversation with The Sun on Sunday’s Fabulous magazine, Kimberley, 41, who recently supported Cheryl’s stage show, revealed that Sarah’s death had brought them back together.

After stating the the girls are closer than ever and very much involved in one another’s lives, she explained: “Obviously with everything that’s happened, we’re really as tight as we’ve ever been at the moment.

You just have to lean on each other, don’t you?” Last year, the group hosted a charity ball last year to raise money for Cancer Research in honour of Sarah.The Primrose Ball was held at The Londoner hotel in central London in October and featured performances from the likes of Olly Alexander along with a live auction which included an original portrait of Sarah by artistic duo The Connor Brothers.