Liam Payne’s One Direction bandmates emotional at London funeral

One Direction’s Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan attended erstwhile bandmate Liam Payne’s London-area ceremonial Wednesday alongside the precocious singer’s family, conscionable over a period aft his death.

Styles, 30, was reportedly visibly emotional arsenic helium entered the backstage work astatine St. Mary’s Church successful Amersham, astir 28 miles northwest of the British capital, TMZ reports. Reuters reported Tuesday that the singers were expected to attend the funeral alongside Payne’s loved ones.

A white horse-drawn hearse, carrying floral tributes that spelled retired “son” and “daddy” transported the coffin to the church, according to TMZ and BBC. Cheryl Cole, parent to Payne’s 7-year-old son, Bear, was besides successful attendance with her Girls Aloud bandmates Kimberley Walsh and Nicole Roberts.

Liam Payne successful 2021. (John Phillips/Getty Images for BFI)

In summation to individually mourning Payne connected their societal media channels, his former bandmates released a associated statement connected Oct. 17 saying they were “completely devastated” by his decease the time prior.

“For now, we volition 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. … We volition miss him terribly. We emotion you Liam,” said the popular stars, who disbanded successful 2016.

British vocalist Harry Styles arrives to be the ceremonial work of the precocious One Direction vocalist Liam Payne, astatine a religion successful the Home Counties, to the westbound of London connected Wednesday. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Simon Cowell — who helped enactment One Direction unneurotic erstwhile they appeared connected “The X Factor” successful 2010 — embraced Payne’s household astatine the funeral, which was besides attended by James Corden and Payne’s girlfriend, Kate Cassidy.

The New Jersey native, 25, was in Argentina with 31-year-old Payne conscionable days earlier helium fatally fell from the third-story balcony of his country astatine Buenos Aires’ CasaSur Hotel connected Oct. 16.

He sustained multiple traumatic injuries resulting successful interior and outer bleeding. Three radical person been charged successful connection with Payne’s death, peculiarly concerning the controlled substances found successful his system, including benzodiazepine, ace cocaine and “pink cocaine” — traditionally a cocktail of methamphetamine, ketamine and MDMA.