Liam Payne Funeral: One Direction Bandmates, Simon Cowell & James Corden Pictured

Liam Payne‘s funeral is taking place today and his One Direction bandmates plus the likes of Simon Cowell are in attendance.

Payne’s former bandmates and friends Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan could all be seen in pics supplied by Getty.

Also in attendance were Cowell, who managed Payne’s band via his ITV show The X Factor and was close to him, and ex-Late Late Show host James Corden. A number of other well-known faces could be seen along with Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy. Upon Payne’s death, Cowell paused Britain’s Got Talent auditions.

Payne’s funeral is taking place at a church in Buckinghamshire, south England, this afternoon.

The singer’s body was flown back to the UK earlier this month for the funeral after the 31-year-old died tragically in Argentina on October 16. Payne fell from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. Tributes flooded in from the bandmates, Cowell and many others including his ex-wife Cheryl Cole, with whom he has a son.

Three people have been charged in relation to Payne’s death with “crimes of abandonment of a person followed by death, supply and facilitation of narcotics.” Over the weekend, prosecutors claimed his friendship with an Argentinian waiter may have led to his death.