One Direction star Harry Styles gave a paparazzo a cheeky reply after being asked for an autograph.

The singer had just returned from a trip away to France, where the pop group collected a gong at the NRJ Music Awards.

A photographer was looking for snaps of Styles outside of his London home but ended up asking the star for an autograph for his daughter Ella.

The singer duly accepted - but wrote that the child should tell her father to "go away". He wrote:

"To Ella, please tell your daddy to go away. Love from Harry x."

As previously reported, One Direction have been named as one of the richest reality TV stars around.

It is said that they have pocketed £20 million each since leaving the X Factor in 2010.