Some readers have expressed anger at Loaded

Kate McCann has been included in a Lads' Mag's list of most sexy female pin ups.

Loaded is now at the centre of a bad taste storm for including missing Maddie's mother.

The February issue includes Mrs McCann alongside female music stars Mel C, Cerys Matthews and TV presenter, Lorraine Kelly.

She is pictured with one of Madeleine's cuddly toys and the caption beneath reads: "Sensitive one, this, but there's nothing more erotic to some than a pained woman in need of good lovin'."

Loaded's editor Martin Daubney said: 'She is included because it is just something that blokes have been talking about in pubs since the whole thing kicked off.

'Kate is a really attractive woman.'

He said that is was 'quite separate' from the issue of Madeleine's disappearance but added: 'What appeals to men sometimes is the instinct to take care of a woman.'

He said that the image Loaded used showed Kate in Portugal in a vest which was he described as a 'standard' picture that would be used by any newspaper.

But spokesman for the McCann's, Clarence Mitchell, said: 'This is offensive.

'It is a travesty that some people should seek to make light of Kate's ordeal at such a sensitive time.'