Liam Payne to be remembered at private funeral

Family and friends of One Direction prima Liam Payne are attending the singer's funeral, conscionable implicit a period aft helium died astatine the property of 31.

The backstage work is taking spot connected Wednesday successful Buckinghamshire, north-west of London.

The instrumentalist died aft falling from a third-floor balcony of a edifice successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, successful October.

Payne's woman Kate Cassidy and Girls Aloud singers Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts are among the guests.

Floral tributes astatine the ceremonial see 1 successful the signifier of a acceptable of 10-pin bowling pins and ball, a notation to 1 of Payne's favourite pastimes.

A tiny assemblage of onlookers gathered extracurricular the church, but fans person mostly stayed away, with members of the One Direction radical connected Reddit reminding others that "memorials are for fans, funerals are for family".

In a abbreviated connection pursuing his death, Payne's household said: "We are heartbroken. Liam volition everlastingly unrecorded successful our hearts and we'll retrieve him for his kind, comic and brave soul."

An autopsy confirmed the 31-year-old had suffered interior and outer bleeding and aggregate traumatic injuries sustained arsenic a effect of the fall.

Payne was 1 of the astir recognisable names successful pop, aft rising to fame connected The X Factor.

Despite lone coming 3rd connected the amusement successful 2010, One Direction went connected to go the biggest British radical since The Beatles.

During their five-year career, they sold 70 cardinal records, with 4 UK fig 1 singles and 4 fig 1 albums.

A co-writer connected galore of their hits, Payne besides achieved solo occurrence with tracks similar Strip That Down and Bedroom Floor.

He is survived by his parents, 2 sisters and Bear, his lad with Girls Aloud vocalist Cheryl.