Members of One Direction and X-Factor judge Simon Cowell were among the mourners who attended Liam Payne’s funeral.

Payne died last month at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Argentina last month, sparking an outpouring of grief from fans around the world.

His former bandmates, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson, were among those at the private funeral in Buckinghamshire on Wednesday.

Styles arrived with TV star James Corden, while Cowell arrived with his fiancée, Lauren Silverman.

A horse-drawn carriage carried a dark blue coffin topped with white roses, as well as a red floral tribute reading ‘Son’ and a blue tribute reading ‘Daddy’ at St Mary’s Church in Amersham.

Payne shared a seven-year-old son, Bear, with singer Cheryl Tweedy, who attended the funeral with her Girls Aloud bandmates Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh.

Before his death, Payne lived in the south-eastern Buckinghamshire village of Chalfont St Giles, close to his former partner and their son.

Other guests included Payne’s girlfriend, US influencer Kate Cassidy, who arrived with Damian Hurley, son of model Elizabeth Hurley, as well as This Morning presenter Rochelle Humes and her husband, former JLS singer Marvin Humes.

There was a hush among the crowd of fans, some holding photos and flowers, who gathered outside as Payne’s father, Geoff, and his mother, Karen, arrived and stood next to the carriage.

Another flowery tribute was an image of bowling pins being knocked over by a ball, referencing one of Payne’s favorite pastimes.

Payne rose to fame in 2010 after appearing as a contestant on the ITV talent show The X-Factor as part of One Direction, which went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.

One Direction went on hiatus in 2016. Payne launched his solo career and released his debut solo album LP1 in December 2019.

The singer died on October 16 after falling from a balcony at the CasaSur hotel in Buenos Aires. An autopsy revealed that he had died from multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.

Fans around the world have held vigils in his memory and created a shrine to him in his home city of Wolverhampton.

Three people have been charged in Argentina in connection with Payne’s death for supplying narcotics and abandoning a person followed by death.