Harry Styles attends Liam Payne’s funeral with One Direction bandmates: He and Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson say goodbye to their friend – and are joined by host of stars

Following Liam Payne’s untimely death at the age of 31, family members have joined some of the biggest celebrities in Britain to attend an emotional private funeral in his honor.

After Harry Styles, 30, fell from a hotel balcony in Argentina last month, he was “completely devastated.” He joined his fellow One Direction members to commemorate the life of their beloved former bandmate.

As they gathered around their fellow Girls Aloud member Cheryl, the mother of Payne’s seven-year-old son Bear, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh, 43, were among the first to arrive. Shortly afterward, Payne’s 25-year-old girlfriend Kate Cassidy, consoled by her 22-year-old buddy Damian Hurley, followed them.
It is believed that Styles, 30, Niall Horan, 31, Zayn Malik, 31, and Louis Tomlinson, 32, came at the chapel separately for the first time since their previous performance in 2015.

The creator of One Direction, Simon Cowell, showed up at the service with his girlfriend, Lauren Silverman, along with new Radio 2 Breakfast DJ Scott Mills, James Corden, Marvin, and Rochelle Humes. In a heartfelt nod to Payne’s passion for bowling, they passed floral arrangements featuring bowling pins and a ball.

A dark blue coffin with silver handles and white roses on top was later brought to the chapel in a horse-drawn carriage. A blue tribute that read “daddy” and a red floral tribute that read “son” were placed atop the carriage.

Before the dark blue casket was carried inside the church through a side entrance, the audience grew silent as Payne’s mother Karen and father Geoff exited a car and stood beside the carriage.

Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy, 25, arriving at the church for the singer’s funeral today alongside Damian Hurley, 22