Simon Cowell is mourning the loss of Liam Payne as tributes to the late One Direction singer continue to pour in.

The globally successful band formed of Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik were first formed on Simon Cowell's reality show, 'The X-Factor', in 2010.

Cowell said he had been thinking about the time they had spent together on the talent show and since. He wrote on Instagram: "I wanted to let you know what I would always say to t