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Madeleine McCann: six years of staring

by | 3rd, May 2013

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AS summer looms, so the tabloids press f9 on the keyboard and turn to the unresolved story of Madeleine McCann. On page 35, the Sun reports on the missing child’s parents, Gerry and Kate McCann’s visit to the ITV’s Daybreak sofa.

In “McCANNS BAN KIDS’ SLEEPOVER – Maddie parents’ fears”, the Sun reports:

MADELEINE McCann’s parents have revealed how they haven’t changed their missing girl’s bedroom – nearly six years after she was abducted. Her mother Kate said she seeks comfort at her village church in Rothley, Leicestershire – and in their daughter’s room.

And so the story stagnates.

Says Kate McCann:

“Sometimes people ask me if there will ever come a time when I change that room and it’s difficult because in your head that indicates moving on and I’m not there.”

Neither are the tabloids.

And now mum Kate, speaking ahead of the sixth anniversary of Madeleine’s disappearance on Friday, has admitted she hardly lets twins Sean and Amelie out of sight. Kate said: “They haven’t had any sleepovers with friends and I know that goes on a lot.

And so to Friday.

Sky News: “Madeleine McCann’s Parents ‘Closer’ To Truth”

Madeleine McCann’s parents say a police review into their daughter’s disappearance is making “excellent progress” as they mark the sixth anniversary since she went missing.

In an interview with Sky News, Kate and Gerry McCann asked the public to remain vigilant about possible sightings and talked about adapting to life without Madeleine…

“With the review the Met have been doing over the last two years I think we are closer to finding out what happened,” Gerry McCann said.

“But for Kate and I until we find Madeleine or the person responsible then we’re still miles away.”

The couple thanked the public for their “tremendous support”, and urged people travelling abroad to keep vigilant about possible sightings of  Madeleine.

“Someone knows – not just the people involved in the crime. Other people will know as well, or will be strongly suspicious,” said Kate.

Her husband added: “The key message is – if someone thinks they’ve seen Madeleine, contact police straight away.”

Daily Record: “McCann family to mark six year anniversary of Madeleine’s disappearance with low-key ceremony”

THE couple will read prayers and poems while remembering Madeleine at a service in the centre of Rothley. Earlier this week Kate and Gerry vowed to continue their search for her.

Can you be low-key and trail the service in the tabloids?

Daily Mirror:

Today marks the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann… The little girl was snatched from her holiday apartment as her parents dined at a tapas restaurant with friends nearby.

Madeleine’s parents have refused to give up hope that they might find their daughter as they prepare to mark the sixth anniversary of her disappearance…

“Probably the last couple of years it’s been a new normality,” said Mr McCann. “We have adapted to our situation. There isn’t so much intrusion and we’re not in the public eye very much so those pressures have disappeared. The thing for Kate and I was always about having a proper search and turning over every stone and we feel like that is being done.”

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And on it goes…



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