One Direction heartthrob Harry Styles has been pictured enjoying a romantic ski trip with rumoured girlfriend Taylor Swift.

The rest of the chart-topping boyband - comprising Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Liam Payne - touched down in London on Friday evening after performing at The X Factor USA finale.

Styles was noticeably missing - but his absence has now been explained thanks to a fan who spotted the curly-haired hunk and Swift enjoying a ski trip in Utah together.

The said fan has posted a picture on social networking site Twitter of the rumoured couple enjoying lunch with the country songstress' brother Austin at the Canyons Resort in Park City.

The holiday comes among claims Styles is set to spend the festive period in Australia with Swift.

Styles was teased on The X Factor red carpet this week ahead of One Direction's performance on the hit TV talent show.

And as the group walked the red carpet ahead of the final, Harry was asked about his relationship with Taylor.

His bandmates teased him by joking, "Oh yes, what do you think of the Haylor situation then?" before Styles simply replied: "She's good."

The pair have been seen together a lot in public over the past few weeks.