Amersham, England — Family and friends of One Direction star Liam PayneWHO passed away last month after falling from a hotel room in Buenos Aires, he gathered for his funeral in Britain on Wednesday. Payne’s former bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson were among the mourners at the private service at St Mary’s Church in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, just outside London.

The late singer’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy was also in attendance, as was his former partner, Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy.

About a dozen fans watched from behind a nearby cordon as guests hugged each other before walking past floral tributes into the 12th-century church to pay their last respects to the singer.

Payne’s casket arrived in a white horse-drawn hearse topped with floral tributes bearing the words “Son” and “Dad,” followed by his parents.

Payne was found dead on October 16 after falling from the balcony of his third-floor room at the Casa Sur Hotel in the Argentine capital.

His death, at the age of 31, caused a global outpouring of grief from family, former bandmates and fans, with thousands of people gathering in cities around the world to express their condolences.

Payne rose to fame as a teenager alongside Styles, Horan, Tomlinson and Malik after the band formed fourteen years ago on the popular British talent show “The X Factor”.

Payne died of “multiple trauma” and “internal and external bleeding” after falling from the hotel, a post-mortem examination found. The balcony attached to his room overlooked a rear patio, about 45 feet high.

Hotel staff had called emergency services twice to report that a guest ‘overwhelmed by drugs and alcohol’ was ‘destroying’ a hotel room. Investigators have said Payne was alone at the time and was “experiencing an episode of substance abuse.”

In early November, Argentinian prosecutors said three people had been charged in connection with Payne’s death, including one person who they said spent time with Payne every day he was in Buenos Aires. This person was charged with abandonment of a person followed by death, which carries a prison sentence of five to 15 years, according to a statement from Argentina’s National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor.

In a short statement after his death, Payne’s family said: “We are heartbroken. Liam will live on in our hearts forever and we will remember him for his kind, funny and courageous soul.”

One Direction co-stars said they were “completely devastated” by his death.

After forming in 2010, the band released an album of radio-ready songs every year in time for the holiday shopping season, becoming one of the highest-grossing live acts in the world.

In 2016, after Malik left, the group said it was on indefinite hiatus but was not breaking up.

Payne’s first solo single “Strip That Down” peaked at number three on the UK charts and number 10 on the US Billboard charts.

But in recent years, he had spoken publicly about battling substance abuse and dealing with fame from an early age.

His latest solo work, a single called “Teardrops”, was released in March, with a second album promised at the time.

Payne was born and raised in Wolverhampton, central England. He is survived by his parents, two sisters and a son with Cheryl Tweedy.