Cheryl Tweedy and One Direction members mourn Liam Payne at funeral

Cheryl Tweedy and members of One Direction were among the friends and household to wage their last respects to Liam Payne astatine his funeral.

Singers Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson reunited alongside different mourners astatine the backstage ceremonial successful Buckinghamshire to retrieve Payne pursuing his decease aged 31 successful Argentina past month.

Girls Aloud prima Tweedy, who was successful a narration with Payne betwixt 2016 and 2018, was seen leaving the work astatine St Mary’s Church successful Amersham wearing a achromatic overgarment and achromatic sunglasses.

Music mogul Simon Cowell was seen embracing Payne’s begetter Geoff and parent Karen arsenic they near the church.

A horse-drawn carriage took the acheronian bluish coffin with metallic handles, which was topped with achromatic roses, to the service.

A reddish floral tribute which work “son” and a bluish tribute which said “daddy” were besides connected the ceremonial carriage.

Following the service, adjacent Payne’s location successful Chalfont St Giles, his coffin was carried to a achromatic Jaguar hearse.

Bandmate Styles, dressed successful black, arrived astatine the ceremonial successful a BMW alongside histrion and TV big James Corden, portion X Factor justice Cowell arrived with his fiancee, Lauren Silverman.

Horan attended with his woman Amelia Woolley, portion Malik arrived soon aft Tomlinson.

Other guests see Payne’s girlfriend, US influencer Kate Cassidy, who arrived alongside Damian Hurley, the lad of exemplary Elizabeth Hurley.

Girls Aloud singers Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh, who wore agelong achromatic coats and sunglasses, supported their bandmate Tweedy.

Capital vigor DJs Chris Stark, Jordan North and Sian Welby each paid tribute, arsenic good arsenic caller BBC Radio 2 meal big Scott Mills, erstwhile nonrecreational footballer Robbie Keane and broadcaster Adrian Chiles.

JLS prima and TV presenter Marvin Humes, who met Payne erstwhile helium archetypal auditioned for The X Factor successful 2008, attended with his wife, The Saturdays vocalist Rochelle Humes.

A fistful of section radical and fans gathered extracurricular the religion to wage their last respects to Payne, who died connected October 16 aft falling from the third-floor balcony of a edifice successful the Argentine superior Buenos Aires.

Tara Lloyd, 20, a ward hostess astatine Amersham Hospital, said: “He was a large guy, Liam Payne. The mode helium passed distant was precise abrupt – I was precise shocked and astatine archetypal I was a small spot successful denial.

“Growing up, I was a monolithic instrumentality of One Direction, truthful I astir felt similar a small portion of the kid successful maine was gone.”

Heidi Camp, 33, who lives successful Chesham, said: “Of each the places successful England, it’s rather an honour that his household has chosen to bash this here.”

She said she archetypal became a instrumentality of Payne’s erstwhile helium appeared arsenic a solo auditioner connected The X Factor successful 2010, conscionable earlier One Direction was formed.

Fans astir the satellite held vigils successful his representation aft his death, and a shrine to him was created successful his location municipality of Wolverhampton.

He died of aggregate traumas and “internal and outer haemorrhage”, a post-mortem introspection study said.

He roseate to fame alongside Styles, Tomlinson, Malik and Horan erstwhile Cowell enactment them unneurotic to signifier One Direction connected ITV endowment amusement The X Factor successful 2010.

His bandmates said they were “completely devastated” and volition miss the vocalist “terribly”.

In a associated statement, they said they would accidental much successful clip but were going to instrumentality immoderate clip to “grieve and process the nonaccomplishment of our brother, who we loved dearly”.

“The memories we shared with him volition beryllium treasured forever,” they added.

The singers besides each reflected connected their memories from their clip unneurotic and their emotion for Payne successful idiosyncratic statements.

After One Direction went connected indefinite hiatus successful 2016, Payne launched a palmy solo career, releasing his debut solo medium LP1 successful December 2019, which included the songs Polaroid and Strip That Down featuring Quavo.