Liam Payne was laid to relaxation in a personal funeral attended by his former One Route bandmates on Wednesday.
A somber Harry Kinds was seen on the memorial service in Amersham, England.
Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan have been there as properly.
Simon Cowell attended the funeral along with his fiancée Lauren Silverman. Cowell, 65, fashioned One Route on “The X Factor.”
Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy was one of many first individuals to reach on the funeral. Her all-black outfit included a coat with fur trim and a turtleneck.
She walked into the service with Elizabeth Hurley’s son, Damian Hurley.
James Corden additionally went to the service.
Payne’s dad and mom Geoff and Karen have been there as properly to mourn their late son.
Solely household and shut mates have been invited to the small memorial, per Each day Mail.
Payne’s remaining resting place was a becoming selection for the English singer. The star was born not far-off within the metropolis of Wolverhampton, 13 miles northwest of Birmingham within the West Midlands.
Payne was buried two weeks after his father Geoff introduced the previous One Route singer’s physique again from Argentina, the place he handed away on Oct. 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of his Buenos Aires resort room. He was 31.
Geoff arrived within the Argentine capital two days later and helped police as they carried out an investigation into the star’s loss of life.
After an in depth investigation, authorities in Buenos Aires revealed that Payne fractured his cranium and died immediately of “very serious injuries.” Officers don’t consider his fall was intentional.
ABC Information had reported the pop star died with a poisonous stew of narcotics in his system, together with “pink cocaine” — aka “tusi” — however the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned Payne solely had alcohol, cocaine and an unspecified prescription antidepressant in his system.
Police arrested three people in reference to Payne’s loss of life, alleging they offered narcotics to the singer.
Payne started his rise to fame in 2010 after he auditioned for the UK’s “The X Factor,” the singing competitors collection the place he met his future bandmates. Although all of them auditioned as people, they ended up being put collectively as a bunch. Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger, 46, who have been judges on the present, have claimed they have been answerable for merging the boys’ expertise into what turned One Route.
Although 1D didn’t win “The X Factor,” they went on to turn into one of many largest pop teams on the earth.
One Route break up in 2016 once they introduced they have been occurring an indefinite hiatus after Malik left the band in 2015 to pursue a solo profession.
The previous bandmates launched a joint assertion the day after Payne’s stunning loss of life, saying they have been “completely devastated.”
“In time, and when everyone is able to, there will be more to say. But for now, we will take some time to grieve and process the loss of our brother, who we loved dearly. The memories we shared with him will be treasured forever,” they mentioned.
“For now, our thoughts are with his family, his friends, and the fans who loved him alongside us. We will miss him terribly. We love you Liam – Louis, Zayn, Niall and Harry.”
The next week, Scherzinger, who was texting with Payne on the day he died, remembered the late star along with her personal tribute on social media, writing, “It’s been so hard to process that you’re no longer here, but I am grateful to have known your kind heart, sweet soul and character.”
In August, it was introduced that Scherzinger, who’s presently starring in “Sunset Boulevard” on Broadway, would be a part of forces with Payne, Kelly Rowland and AJ McLean to star in a brand new Netflix collection known as “Building the Band.”
Cowell, in the meantime, shared that Payne’s loss of life had introduced him to tears.
“Liam, I am devastated. Heartbroken. And I feel empty,” he wrote on Instagram. “And I want you to know how much love and respect I have for you. Every tear I have shed is a memory of you.”
