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The flag flies at half-staff over the Royal Palace in Amsterdam in honour of the MH17 victims (Photo: Zack Newmark/NL Times)
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The flag flies at half-staff over the Royal Palace in Amsterdam in honour of the MH17 victims (Photo: Zack Newmark/NL Times)
VIDEO: National Memorial for flight MH17
The Netherlands is honouring all 298 victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash in a memorial service in Amsterdam Monday.
- The ceremony starts at 1 p.m with introductory remarks
- Remarks by Prime Minister Mark Rutte
- Performance of “Voor Altijd” by Marco Borsato
- Funeral offering from two survivors
- Performance of Mozart’s “Lacrimosa” requiem
- Funeral offering from a survivor
- Performance of “Kom dan bij Mij” by Lenette van Dongen
- Performance of “Pie Jesu” by Maartje Rammeloo, from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem
- All 298 victims will be named by survivors
- Performance of “Last Post” by horn player Adjutant Officer Hans Flowers of the Royal Air Force
- Chapel
- One minute of silence
- The first stanza of Dutch national anthem Wilhelmus will be played
- Performance of “Beautiful” by Douwe Bob
- Eulogy by Jacobine Geel
- Funeral offering from a survivor
- Performance of “I Was Here” by Glennis Grace
- At roughly 2:30 p.m. the ceremony will close
