Friends can pay their last respects to the late Hoare family, who died in the MH17 plane crash in 2014, during a special ceremony in Luxembourg on Friday 13.

The remains of Andrew (59), Estella (51), Jasper (14) and Friso (12) have been returned to Luxembourg and their caskets will be at the cimetière de Merl from 2pm to 7pm.

During this time friends will have an opportunity to say their last farewells by signing a final condolences book, the family has informed wort.lu/en, adding that the funeral itself is to be a closed family affair.

The British-Dutch family, which lived in Roeser, were among the 298 victims who died when the Malaysia Airlines plane they were travelling on crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014.

They had been travelling from Amsterdam Schiphol to Kuala Lumpur to visit the Borneo jungle as part of a holiday of a lifetime. They are survived by Estella's son, Rink.

Last September, more than 400 people attended a memorial in Roeser. The two boys attended the European school and were remembered fondly by several tributes from fellow students.

Friends also described the family's home as the “light house”, which lit up the street, in reference to the family's energy and community involvement.

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