Simon Cowell embraced Liam Payne 's father Geoff and mother Karen as they left their son's funeral this afternoon in emotional scenes following the service in the Home Counties.
Follow MailOnline's live blog for theSimon Cowell hugged Liam Payne's parents Geoff and Karen as he sought to comfort them following their son's funeral today.
Payne found fame alongside his One Direction bandmates when Cowell put them together to form the group on ITV talent show The X Factor in 2010. Read MoreLIVE Liam Payne funeral latest updates: Celebrity mourners gather to pay respects to One Direction star A red floral tribute which read 'son' and a blue tribute which said 'daddy' were also on the funeral carriage. Following the service, his coffin was carried to a black Jaguar hearse.
Prior to the funeral starting, dozens of locals and fans gathered to pay their final respects to Payne, who died on October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.
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