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It has been the darkest moment of the royal tour so far, Prince Harry.
The trainer British Army captain and his wife Meghan paid tribute to Australian NSW Anzac Memorial in Sydney's Hyde Park on Saturday.
The occasion marked a royal step back in time of spells, with Harry's great uncle, Prince Henry, the Duke of Gloucester, having opened the towering art deco memorial in 1934.
However, back then the memorial was not completely finished, as a result of Depression.
Now about $ 40 million has been spent on realizing architect Bruce Dellit's complete original design, including a four-story cascading waterfall, just in time for the centenary of the end of World War One in November.
NSW Governor, retired general David Hurley, took the royal couple on a tour of the memorial's new underground extension.
Another display of 100 soil samples, taken from foreign battlefields where Aussie troops have fought since the 1856 Colonial Wars through Iraq and Afghanistan, rings the floor.
As the royal couple moved upstairs to the Hall of Memory, a poignant display of the Duke of Gloucester at the memorial's eye.
Harry and Meghan brought their own floral tribute to leave behind, a colorful wristwatch of Australian native flowers that they laid at the memorial 's new front steps as NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Prime Minister Scott Morrison watched on.
Harry wrote: "In memory of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice and in recognition of the men and women for whom the scars endure."
Dressed in the tropical dress of his regiment, the Blues and Royals, Harry unveiled a plaque for the memorial's expansion that was "opened by a grandson of the Queen".
The simple wording was a nod to the original plate his great-great uncle unveiled 84 years ago which noted the memorial was "opened by the sound of a king".
Harry saluted as the Last Post rang out across Hyde Park, while Meghan, who's been a long time by New Zealand designer Emilia Wickstead, stands beside him.
Sienna and Krystal Dawson, 9, with the official proceedings of the Sienna and Krystal Dawson, 9, before heading off to prepare for the official opening of Harry's Invictus Games.
Since leaving the British Army in 2015 after a decade of service, Harry has been active in helping veterans and set up the Invictus Games for veterans.
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