One Direction members reunited alongside Simon Cowell at Liam Payne funeral

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

Styles, dressed successful black, arrived successful a BMW alongside TV prima James Corden and the brace went consecutive wrong the church, portion X Factor justice Cowell arrived with his fiancee, Lauren Silverman.

A horse-drawn carriage arrived astatine the religion carrying a acheronian bluish coffin with metallic handles, topped with achromatic roses.

On apical of the carriage, determination was a reddish floral tribute which said “son” and a bluish tribute which said “daddy”, successful notation to the son, Bear, that Payne shares with Cheryl Tweedy.

Silence fell upon the assemblage arsenic Payne’s begetter Geoff and his parent Karen got retired of a conveyance and stood down the reverend, adjacent to the carriage.

Other guests attending 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 were dropped disconnected successful beforehand of the entranceway of St Mary’s Church successful Amersham wearing agelong achromatic coats and sunglasses.

Prior to the ceremonial starting dozens of locals and fans gathered 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.

Following Payne’s decease fans astir the satellite held vigils successful his memory, including a shrine to the precocious prima successful his hometown 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.

Payne aboriginal went connected to motorboat a palmy solo career, releasing his debut solo medium LP1 successful December 2019, which included the songs Polaroid and Strip That Down featuring Quavo.