Royal tour: Duke and Duchess of Sussex unveil Sydney's Anzac memorial
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have paid tribute to Australia’s war dead as they attended the unveiling of an Anzac memorial 84 years in the making.
The Anzac Memorial in Sydney’s Hyde Park, which commemorates the sacrifices made by those who served for Australia and New Zealand, was designed in the 1930s by Bruce Dellitt.
But following the Great Depression, the finances were not available to make Mr Dellitt's vision - including a four-tier cascading waterfall on the Liverpool Street side of the monument - a reality.
The Duke, wearing the tropical dress of his regiment, the Blues and Royals, with medals, KCVO and sword, and Duchess, wearing an Emilia Wickstead dress and Philip Tracey hat, were met by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Premier of New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian and David Elliott, minister for Veterans Affairs on an overcast Sydney morning.
There were also crowds along Liverpool Street, while more people - and a cardboard cutout of Harry and Meghan - watched on from balconies as the royals arrived.
Twins Krystal and Sienna Dawson presented the royal couple with a medallion and a painting during the visit.
The girls, aged nine, are from the Koomurri Aboriginal Dance Troupe and both said they were nervous about meeting and performing for Harry and Meghan.
Krystal, who did an Aboriginal art floral painting, said: "They said hi and 'nice to meet you'."
The medallion, presented by Sienna, said "play the game", the motto of the Beverly Hills public school which they attend.
She said: "I didn't want to dance at first, but then it was fun."
The Sussexes will visit the Hall Of Service, which contains 1,700 soil samples from each town, suburb and district in New South Wales listed as an address for First World War enlistees.
The completion of the extension, which cost £22 million, coincides with the 100th anniversary of the cessation of hostilities in the war.
