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Kate and Gerry McCann have thanked
supporters for keeping Madeleine in
their heart as they mark nine years
since the she disappeared during a
family holiday |
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Kate and Gerry McCann
pictured at the prayer
gathering on the ninth
anniversary of daughter
Madeleine's disappearance |
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These heart-rending pictures show the
parents of missing Madeleine McCann at a
prayer meeting to mark the anniversary
of the youngster disappeared.
Kate and Gerry McCann have thanked
supporters for keeping Madeleine in
their heart as they mark nine years
since the three-year-old went missing
during a family holiday in Praia da Luz,
Portugal, in May 2007.
The prayer meeting was held in their
home village of Rothley in
Leicestershire.
Writing on their official website, Find
Madeleine, they released a statement
saying: "As yet another anniversary
comes around, we'd like to thank all our
supporters for your continued help and
commitment in the search for Madeleine,
and the hope for her safe return.
"It has been a very long time but the
investigation continues, information is
still forthcoming and our hope and
resolve continue. Until we have answers,
until there is news (real news!), there
will always be hope and we will continue
to do everything we can to help find
Madeleine." |
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The three-year-old
disappeared during a family
holiday in Praia da Luz,
Portugal, in May 2007 |
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Kate McCann reads a poem in
Rothley |
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They added: "Thank you for supporting
Missing People and for keeping Madeleine
in your heart."
It comes as music stars including Lesley
Garrett, Rick Astley and Jodie Prenger
join forces with a choir of families
whose loved ones went missing for a
charity single to help raise awareness
of some of the UK's missing children -
including Madeleine. |
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"Thank you for supporting
Missing People and for
keeping Madeleine in your
heart" |
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Never Gonna Give You Up singer Astley,
opera singer Lesley Garrett and talent
show winner Prenger and a host of other
household names are teaming up with the
Missing People Choir in a bid to drum up
support for their missing child
campaign.
Parents and loved ones involved in the
single include the mother of schoolgirl
Alice Gross who was missing for a month
before she was found murdered and Nicki
Durbin, whose son Luke went missing 10
years ago this month. |
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Kate and Gerry McCann have
been searching for their
daughter Madeline since she
disappeared during a family
holiday in 2007 |
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The McCanns encouraged supporters to
download the track, called I Hope, in
their statement today.
The song highlights the heartbreak
facing families with missing loved ones
and the often agonising hope of seeing
them again.
Nineties singer Chesney Hawkes, who also
features on the track, said: "I feel
honoured to be joining the Missing
People Choir on this single. |
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Part of police searches in
2014 in the hope of finding
Madeline McCann |
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"The power of the lyrics really brings
home the struggle faced by those
families living in limbo, hoping that
their child will one day come back to
them."
Ms Durbin said: "It's a hugely emotional
time for me and my family as we reach 10
years since we last saw my beautiful
boy.
"It would be truly wonderful for
families like mine if the public would
put their support behind this single and
show the world that Luke and all these
missing children are not forgotten."
The song will be released on May 20 to
mark International Missing Children's
Day on May 25 with all profits going to
the charity Missing People's Find Every
Child campaign. |
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