Liam Payne: One Direction stars' last reunion was also marred by absolutely tragic woe

Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan - the 4 men Liam Payne had grown up alongside - gathered astatine their chap One Direction star's solemn ceremonial successful Buckinghamshire

The One Direction bandmates reunited for the archetypal clip successful astir 10 years connected Wednesday - for the funeral of 1 of their own.

But the past clip they gathered together, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Liam Payne himself cheered connected Louis arsenic helium performed conscionable days aft his parent died - successful much "absolutely tragic" circumstances.

Despite battling the nonaccomplishment of mum Johannah Deakin, 43, to cancer, brave Louis performed his solo azygous Just Hold On connected The X-Factor signifier successful December 2016. His loyal erstwhile bandmates gathered to enactment him astatine the studios successful northwest London.

And Wednesday's funeral, held astatine St Mary's Church successful Amersham, Buckinghamshire, shared akin solemn notes. An insider said: "It is perfectly tragic that the set had to travel backmost unneurotic astatine a ceremonial for 1 of their own. They were erstwhile truthful close, but similar successful immoderate group, fallouts happen, radical alteration and determination are often thousands of miles betwixt them. But they each wanted to beryllium determination for their aged friend.

"They person been devastated by Liam's death. They were similar brothers for their astir formative years and shared truthful overmuch past together. But coming look to look astatine specified a tragic lawsuit indispensable person been precise hard indeed."

Johannah, who was a foundation stalwart and midwife, had leukemia and died days earlier Louis, past conscionable 24, was scheduled to look unrecorded connected The X-Factor. He tweeted conscionable hours earlier the amusement to corroborate helium would sing, and received immense enactment from fans and his erstwhile bandmates.

Johannah had antecedently told her section paper, The Doncaster Star, that Louis' worldwide fame and occurrence successful the world of popular made it truly hard to bargain him Christmas presents.

In Christmas 2013, she said: "We usually each get each different jokey presents alternatively past spending a lot... The champion contiguous helium got maine was a Mulberry handbag, the Christmas earlier last, which I perfectly love." Johannah near down her hubby Dan Deakin, and her 7 children, of whom Louis is the eldest.

Louis reunited with his 1D mates alongside different mourners astatine the backstage ceremonial successful Buckinghamshire to retrieve Liam pursuing his decease aged 31 successful Argentina past month. Girls Aloud prima Tweedy, who was successful a narration with Liam betwixt 2016 and 2018, was seen leaving the work astatine St Mary's Church successful Amersham wearing a achromatic overgarment and achromatic sunglasses.

Daily Mail reports Harry, wearing Gucci sunglasses, arrived with histrion James Corden, a long-standing person of Liam and the remainder of One Direction. They were among the archetypal to get successful a blacked-out limo and entered the religion together. Niall arrived separately with his woman Amelia Woolley, portion Zayn and Louis, who were believed to person remained the closest to Liam, were seen talking.

After the ceremony, Harry and James near unneurotic without immoderate of the remaining One Direction gang. Zayn, who rescheduled a gig which was owed to instrumentality spot successful Edinburgh connected Wednesday night, was besides seen leaving connected his own.