Liam Payne's funeral: One Direction reunited, but tensions were not far away

Liam Payne's loved ones gathered to pay him a final tribute. The singer died on October 16 at the age of 31. He fell from the third floor of his hotel in Buenos Aires. The former member of One Direction was buried this Wednesday, November 20, in Amersham, near London. The date of the funeral had been postponed until the autopsy was carried out in Argentina. Liam Payne's body has been returned to the UK.

Members of One Direction, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson were all in attendance on Wednesday. Indeed, they gathered with Liam Payne's family. During the ceremony, all four artists burst into tears. Liam Payne's coffin arrived at St Mary's Church in a carriage pulled by two white horses. Then the artist's parents, Geoff and Karen, escorted him inside the sanctuary.

One Direction reunited for Liam Payne

It was the first time Liam's band members had reunited since December 2016, when they met at the studios of X Factor in London. For several years, rumors of tensions had emerged concerning the former members of the group as revealed by the Daily Mail.

Industry sources had even suggested that there had been a disagreement between the members of the group. “It is absolutely tragic that the group had to reunite on the occasion funeral of one of their owns”said a friend at the funeral.

“They all wanted to be there for their friend”

If the singers were very friends in the past, things had changed recently. In fact, they had gradually drifted apart by force of circumstances: “They were
once so close. As in any group, dissension occurs. Indeed, people change and there are often thousands of kilometers separating them. But they all wanted to be there for their old friend.” continued this friend.

Despite the distance, they showed themselves united during this last tribute: “They were devastated by the death of Liam Payne. They were like brothers during their formative years and shared so many stories together. But coming face to face during such a tragic event must have been very difficult.”concluded a close source.