Dutch royals lay tributes for MH17 victims, war dead in Australia

Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima place sunflowers at the MH17 Memorial at Parliament House in Canberra on Nov 2, 2016. PHOTO: AFP.

CANBERRA: King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands laid sunflowers at a memorial in the Australian capital on Wednesday for victims of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine two years ago.

The Dutch royal couple also added to the sea of poppies at the War Memorial in Canberra's Wall of Remembrance and placed a wreath in the Hall of Memory, commemorating servicemen and women who have died in battle.