Tom Parker's bandmates from The Wanted carried his coffin as Champagne Supernova by Oasis played to fans gathered outside his funeral this morning. Jay McGuiness, Max George, Siva Kaneswaran and Nathan Sykes served as pallbearers, and the singer's widow Kelsey was among the procession into St Francis of Assisi church in Petts Wood, south-east London.
Liam Payne, from One Direction, was given a round of applause by fans who stood in silence waiting for the private service to be live-streamed on to three large screens. Fans of the boy band huddled around the screens in silence, many clutching tissues and crying.
Other pallbearers carefully removed multicoloured "Daddy" flowers from the horse-drawn carriage, taking them inside the church before removing a heart-shaped red rose piece spelling "Tom" from the hearse. A pre-recorded message from Kelsey was played during the service, in which she shared anecdotes about how the couple first met at a nightclub before Parker shot to fame.
