Watch: One Direction band mates reunite at Liam Payne's funeral
The former members of One Direction were reunited alongside the music mogul who brought them together at the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne
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Singers Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined other guests at the private funeral in Buckinghamshire to remember Payne following his death aged 31 last month.
Styles, dressed in black, arrived in a BMW alongside TV star James Corden and the pair went straight inside St Mary's Church in Amersham, Buckinghamshire for the service today (November 20).
X Factor judge Simon Cowell was also in attendance at the service today. He arrived with his fiancée, Lauren Silverman. The 65-year-old music mogul put the five singers together to form One Direction on ITV talent show The X Factor in 2010.
Payne later went on to launch a successful solo career, releasing his debut solo album LP1 in December 2019, which included the songs Polaroid and Strip That Down featuring Quavo.
Other guests attending include Payne’s girlfriend, US influencer Kate Cassidy, who arrived alongside Damian Hurley, the son of model Elizabeth Hurley. Girls Aloud singers Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh were dropped off in front of the entrance of St Mary’s Church in Amersham wearing long black coats and sunglasses.
A horse-drawn carriage arrived at the church carrying a dark blue coffin with silver handles, topped with white roses. On top of the carriage, there was a red floral tribute which said “son” and a blue tribute which said “daddy”, in reference to the son, Bear, that Payne shares with Cheryl Tweedy.
The crowd of fans lining the streets to pay their respects to the star fell silent as Payne’s father Geoff and his mother Karen got out of a vehicle and stood behind the reverend, next to the carriage.
Liam Payne died of multiple traumas and “internal and external haemorrhage”, a post-mortem examination report said. An investigation has been launched into his death by prosecutors, and three people have been charged in connection with the incident.
A toxicology report unveiled a class-A drugs in Liam's system. The singer had been open about his struggles with drugs and alcohol in the past but had also enjoyed periods of sobriety.
