Harry Styles and members of One Direction arrived at a London-area church on Wednesday to say their goodbyes to Liam Payne ... just over a month after the singer's death.
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00:00Some images out of England this morning that are just really heartbreaking as Liam Payne's funeral
00:06was held. His family gathered there and all of his One Direction bandmates showed up. And
00:16like I said, the family, his girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, was there as well as...
00:21Well, you know, and there's a picture of his parents that is just so heartbreaking.
00:27There they are.
00:27As the coffin is being brought into the...
00:30And you just feel that. You know, it's one of those photos where you just feel that.
00:34Yeah, you can see it on his mom's face.
00:37Yeah, and oh, it's so sad.
00:39Simon Cowell also there. And obviously, Simon, a very prominent figure in One Direction's,
00:45I mean, he created the band. So the fact that he was there only fitted.
00:50We also got photos of his ex, Cheryl Cole, who he shares a child with. They were both
00:55in attendance as well. So a very, very moving,
00:58moving morning. And he was brought in on a horse-drawn carriage.
01:02Yeah.
01:04You know, it's interesting. One Direction, when they broke up, it wasn't all kumbaya by any means.
01:11Even, I mean, look, right before Liam died, it was not kumbaya. And there were
01:16some harsh feelings between Liam and most of his bandmates. Niall, he was still close with. In fact,
01:25as we told you, he was in Argentina initially because he went to go see
01:30Niall's show down there and then stayed a few more weeks before his death.
01:34So we don't have any pictures of the four remaining members together.
01:40They all came in separately. I don't know whether you were overreading that,
01:46but it's one of those moments where they might have walked in together.
01:51And I don't know whether it says something or not, but it is kind of interesting.
01:54We don't know what happened inside the church. And maybe they did have a moment
01:58all together inside the church. But outside, there was never a moment where they all came together.
02:04And there had been rumors for the last several years that there was a rift between the group.
02:08It wasn't really clear who in the group had the rift. But we had spoken to someone about a month
02:13ago, and they had told us that rumors of all of these guys getting back together,
02:18of the whole band getting back together, even before Liam's death, were just not true. They
02:22weren't in a place where a reunion, a reunion tour was ever going to happen.
02:28Yeah, I remember that. Because we actually made some, we made calls on that. But it is just,
02:34I'll tell you, it's...
02:35I got to say, by the way, go back, go to the photo of his parents.
02:40You saw the emotion on his mother's face. His father, I just think about what he has been
02:46through since Liam's death. He went down there. He sat at a vigil and went to the
02:52actual scene where Liam died and has been, you know, dealing with the investigators and
02:58doing everything he can to get all these answers. And so to see this final moment
03:03for him, I just can't imagine what they're going through.
03:06And amid this, obviously, sad, sad day that we're going through today, at least the good news is
03:11that there are three suspects that have been charged or will be charged or in the process
03:16of being charged in all of this. So there's some relief for the family. Also, at the same time,
03:21obviously, of this very horrible day.
03:24Hi, my name is Chris Jones from Tampa, Florida. And yeah, while this is such a heartbreaking loss,
03:28losing Liam, seeing the members of One Direction there really does show how the bond they had
03:33together was really strong. And, you know, even though this is such a sad occasion,
03:37it is so beautiful seeing them honoring him and just, you know, being there and
03:41just celebrating the life he brought to them and the fans.
03:43Yeah. Small solace.
03:46Yes.