But fortunately Jo Morais captured this one before that happened, bravo!
I do think Kate needs to understand that if we are to be assaulted in the supermarket by front page news of her sex life or worse still, the sex life she imagines for Madeleine, folk deserve the right to reply
Madeleine McCann’s Parents: The Real Royal Couple?
10 MAY 2011 | POSTED BY LEAVE A COMMENT
Four years after a British girl disappeared, there are more questions than answers
by Chris Freind
April was a busy time for the Royal Couple.
Preparations had been underway for months to deal with all the publicity that was sure to come. Facebook pages were established, marketing pieces created, a book written and carefully scripted interviews arranged, as publicists and advisors worked round-the-clock for the famous British duo. No detail was too small when planning such a momentous event, as the global media once again turned its focus on two of Great Britain’s most…interesting people.
Most amazing, all of this was accomplished despite the distractions caused by the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
May 3rd marked the fourth anniversary of the disappearance of then-3-year-old Madeleine McCann, who disappeared from a resort in southern Portugal because her parents chose to leave her — and her two younger twin siblings — alone in an unlocked room while they ate and drank the night away with friends.
But when you’re Gerry and Kate McCann, you take a backseat to no one, and certainly no wedding is going to upstage your “anniversary.” And so, in typical McCann fashion, they put on another strong display of offense in the ongoing “search” — not so much for their missing daughter, but for self-promoting headlines.
Who can blame them? Playing defense is no fun, doesn’t raise money nor generate publicity. And best of all, blaming everyone but themselves for an eminently preventable tragedy allows the McCanns to ignore reality about a poor little girl’s horrible fate.
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For the folks needing a refresher, you read it right. The McCanns, both physicians from Rothley, Leicestershire, in England, left their three children — with a COMBINED age of seven — alone, night after night, in their ground-floor resort apartment. Despite ample financial resources, they chose not to bring a nanny and refused to utilize the resort’s babysitting services.
Instead, they deemed it safer for the children to go it on their own, entrusting Madeleine to get her siblings and herself to safety in the event of a fire — hence the alleged reason for the unlocked door. Hey, I’m all for self-reliance, but, she was 3!
The story perpetuated by the McCanns is that Madeleine was kidnapped, despite virtually no evidence to support that claim. But the tragic nature of a girl gone missing gained international attention, and the search was on. Well, at least by the people who were actually out there looking for Madeleine.
Gerry and Kate took a different approach. Rather than get bogged down in the grunt work of looking for their daughter in places she might actually be, the parents decided that becoming international globetrotting celebrities was a lot more fun. Putting blood, sweat and tears into finding a missing child is tough, but hanging out with celebs and dignitaries is, well, cool!
So they arranged a private audience with the Pope, traveled to the United States to meet with America’s top leaders, kept web diaries about Gerry’s daily jogs, and threw lavish affairs. Of course, if Madeleine really had been kidnapped, she wouldn’t be in America, at black-tie events or in the Vatican.
If only they had thought to turn the “Find Madeleine” campaign into a money-maker! Oh wait, they did. To the tune of millions. And the result? To this day, many more questions than answers.
Despite being named suspects by the Portuguese police based on evidence that raised eyebrows — inconsistencies in G and K’s stories; elite dogs, trained to identify death, providing positive responses in Madeleine’s room; reports of Madeleine’s blood found in the trunk of a car the McCanns’ rented 25 days AFTER she disappeared; more blood discovered behind a sofa in the apartment, to name just a few — the case was eventually suspended without any arrest. And for that, we can thank the British government that exerted enormous pressure on the Portuguese.
With the complicity of the British media, everyone but the parents was blamed for Madeleine’s disappearance. The Portuguese detectives bumbled the investigation, the resort’s security was too lax, leads weren’t followed up in a timely fashion. And as numerous publications discovered, anyone who dared question the McCanns’ role were slapped with libel lawsuits by England’s most powerful barristers. And don’t forget the lead Portuguese investigator who was legally banned from giving interviews and publishing his book courtesy of Team McCann (those rulings were subsequently overturned) and was sued for millions in “damages.”
Kate’s book on the affair, (in which rumors spread that she was assisted by world-famous Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling) will be released this week. In it, she blamed the resort restaurant for making a note in their reservation book that the McCanns wanted a table within sight of the room, since the children would be alone.
“[The reservation] book was by definition accessible to all staff and, albeit unintentionally, probably to guests and visitors, too…To my horror, I saw that, no doubt in all innocence, the receptionist had added that we wanted to eat close to our apartments as we were leaving our young children alone there and checking on them intermittently.”
Nice try, Kate. But somehow, you forgot to mention the “horror” your daughter must have felt after being abandoned by her parents night after night, left alone in an unfamiliar environment in a foreign nation. And you also conveniently left out the fact that you couldn’t see the apartment from your table anyway, due to the six-foot wall obstructing the view. Translation: the tapas were more important than your three children, two of whom, interestingly enough, weren’t “kidnapped.”
So we’re supposed to believe that a child kidnapper just happened to be dining at the resort’s restaurant that night, on the off-chance some British couple’s child-care arrangements (or lack thereof) would be recorded in the restaurant’s reservation book? Which, by the way, is usually kept behind a desk, not in public view.
Either that, or someone on the kitchen staff, waiting in the wings for one of the McCanns to return from allegedly “checking” on the children. Maybe that’s why the tapas were so late in being served!
Frankly, I’m surprised that Osama bin Laden snatching Madeleine wasn’t in the book as a potential theory. Or that evil Voldemort from Harry Potter wasn’t somehow responsible.
Which brings us back to Rowling.
After hundreds of articles stating that Rowling was helping Kate write the book, the family spokesman finally got around to stating that Rowling did not, in fact, have ANY role in the book.
As with most things McCann, the facts here are loose and the truth sketchy. But as they say, “Any publicity is good publicity!” And Team McCann rolls on, garnering headlines and raking in the dough.
*****
Perhaps most ironic is Kate’s stated reason for the book:
“My reason…is simple, to give an account of the truth.”
Rowling’s help or not, discovering the real story behind the disappearance of little Madeleine McCann will take more than wizards and magic. Too bad we don’t have one of Harry Potter’s Remembralls, though, which fans will recall is the clear orb containing smoke that turns red when detecting that the user has forgotten something.
In Gerry and Kate McCann’s case, I’m betting the Remembrall would be glowing red-hot, since it seems they have forgotten the only thing that can help Maddie.
The real truth.
in The Philly Post, May 10, 2011
Chris Freind is an independent columnist, television commentator, and investigative reporter who operates his own news bureau, www.FreindlyFireZone.com His extensive collection of columns hammering the McCanns for their negligence can be found in his website’s archives. Readers of his column, “Freindly Fire,” hail from six continents, thirty countries and all fifty states. His work has been referenced in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, foreign newspapers, and in Dick Morris’ recent bestseller “Catastrophe.” Freind, whose column appears regularly in Philadelphia Magazine and nationally in Newsmax, also serves as a frequent guest commentator on talk radio and state/national/international television. He can be reached at CF@FreindlyFireZone.com.
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I think this comes under the heading of "too much sharing." Thank you.
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I feel so sorry for Madeline but not for these two.
Why do these parents think they should have been treated any different from any other parents in this situation? The police's job is to investigate all options and far from them bullying them they had a duty to the missing child to question them as they would the parents of any other missing child. The fact that their sensibilities were offended, should not have mattered one jot to them if they had any thoughts of helping the police and ultimately their child.
The Portugese police did all they could to find Madeleine. After finding no evidence of an abduction it was normal procedure to question the parents.
While i hope she is still alive and in good health and being well cared for people should still realise that she was left alone while parents went for a meal. Regardless of situation you do not leave a child alone.
The whole article seems to be about characterizing the Portuguese police as bumbling fools. Any chance of giving the Portuguese a chance to respond?
The McCanns make me uncomfortable.
Kate and Gerry put their pleasure in going drinking with their friends ahead of the pleasure of spending quality time with their children throughout the holiday.
Sorry....too much information.
I do wish people would stop saying the McCann’s made a mistake. They didn’t. Making a mistake is putting three sugars in your tea instead of two, or wearing odd socks. These people took a decision based on what they thought was acceptable behaviour. They took that decision previously, they took it on the night and if nothing had happened they would have taken it again and again. A deliberate act is not a mistake.
How anyone can sympathize with the McCanns is beyond me. Do these people ( the ones that get all the red arrows) not realise that if it wasn't for the selfish and irresponsible behaviour of the McCanns that poor Maddie would still be alive. It's not like it was a one off when leaving their 3 very young children alone, whilst they wined and dined the night away. Even when their children woke up crying one night to find their parents weren't there, it didn't stop them leaving the poor mites on their own. How disgusting is that! These two let their poor daughter down in the worse possible way and yet she talks about 'maternal instincts' . God you just couldn't make it up could you.
This is getting worse. Yet another bit of inappropriate information! Am disgusted...
My god ---are the McCann's milking the whole situation,or what!!!!
Is this woman for real? ------------------------- In the book, she says there were two reasons that she felt the strain of Madeleine’s disappearance might affect their marriage. ------------------------------- SHE WRITES- - - - - - - - - The first was an inability to allow herself any sort of pleasure – whether reading a book, playing music or making love to her husband. - - - - - - - - - - Good God woman your eldest daughter who was not yet 4 years old is missing and all you can think about is yourself and your pleasures. We can all see clearly just why you went out every night drinking and eating your pleasures came well before the care and safety of your three young children. you disgust me.
I feel very sorry for McCanns and I hope their child will be found. But I cannot understand how the details about their sex life can help Madeline. It is always good to have a book advirtised but DM have published so much of it - now no need to buy the book because we already know everything including private details.
The video of the dogs detecting scents in the apartment is very striking though. Believing something terrible happened to Maddie in the apartment is not ridiculous. That's not to say the parents were involved though. I personally would want everything tested and retested to find some clues. It would be hard to dismiss such possibilities. I wonder if there are any super-injunctions that relate to this case? Poor Maddie.
So many perfect Parents writing! Kate & Gerry could have been asleep in the other bedroom and it may still have happen - I recall call the little girl abducted from a tent in her garden while sleeping one summer night. The knife is in deep no need for the evil public to twist it - enough!- Michael J Lee, Sheffield UK-------------------------------------But that's just the point. They weren't sleeping in the other bedrom were they? They were out drinking and having a good time whilst leaving three babies unattended. What if there had been a fire or one of the babies had woken up vomiting or choking. You don't need to be a perfect parent to realise you do NOT leave babies without a competent babysitter.
My heart aches for Madeleine and as much as I can't think of a worse thing than to lose a child, I find it very difficult to have sympathy for these utterly selfish parents who repeatedly left 3 babies alone despite the fact that Madeleine told her mother that they awoke and cried out for her. It took me a while to work out Kate's chant (very surprised at the choice of words for an educated G.P.) and now she is talking about her sex life! Says a lot about her/them really, ME ME ME! Bless you Madeleine.
They turned down the baby sitting service that was offered, left the chidren over and over again whilst they went to eat and drink with friends, instead of eating together earlier in the day as a family unit. Now she wants me to read that she could not make love to her husband!!! To much information about something that is totally irrelevant to the fact that her daughter has payed the price for their terrible parenting. My thoughts are with one person only in this terrible situation.
When i heard about the shenanigans of the McCanns and Other couple they were with i was left in doubt. Its sad for the baby girl put the parents are to blame.
'The McCanns made a mistake with terrible consequences. I have four children aged between 9 and 19 and when I look back there were times when I was not a perfect parent - it only takes a moment of inattention and an accident happens.'- b.brownlow, co.antrim n.ireland Sadly, this wasn't a 'moment of inattention', if you read yesterday's DM, it's clear it was at least two consecutive nights' of inattention. The previous night, they were out until 11.50pm while their kids were alone in the apartment. And even when Maddie said that nobody came when she cried that night, still they went out alone. I do get the feeling that if this wasn't a middle class family, the reaction towards the McCanns would be far less sympathetic. That said, nobody would ever wish this horrific situation on any parent, however irresponsible. And it's clear that the McCanns feel a terrible guilt as to what happened, and regret their irresponsibility every moment of everyday.
"I worried about Gerry and me. I worried that if I didn’t get our sex life on track our whole relationship would break down.’" ......Isn't the book supposed to be about Madeleine....NOT the parents' sex life??
This woman is making me feel sick, who cares about your sex life, that poor little girl
And how exactly is this going to help find Madeleine? Whose memory is this supposed to jog?
'... She says her ‘ferocious maternal instinct’ to protect her child was more powerful than her own fear ...' --------------- But not, it seems, more powerful than her own desire to go out socialising. I think her maternal instinct was about as ferocious as a dead kipper.
Really scraping the barrel now talking about your sex life.
This is getting too much now. Don't need this much info.
//Strain meant I couldn’t make love to Gerry// This is unsurprising but FAR too much information.
i would have thought that being haunted by the thought of her daughter being in the hands of a peadophile would have been the worst thing to deal with and NOT second to kate's lack of sex drive that she says was the 1st on her list of worries. AND maybe if she and jerry had been as ferrocious in their maternal/paternal feelings instead of wanting to be 'sociable' or more like afraid of missing out on a good time with friends then this little girl would not have been taken. if i were in her shoes i would be so consumed with guilt that i doubt i would be able to travel the world for whatever reason, or god forbid go and get my highlights done.
Please don't buy the book. It should be called "What can happen when you don't use a babysitter"
I wish she would shut up....she left her kids alone having a meal was more important to her.
@Michael J Lee: There is a huge difference between being out of the apartment and leaving your children unattended, and being in the room next door. No parents are "perfect" but the parents (and non-parents) who are appalled at children being left on their own for hours, in an unlocked property, in a foreign country, just so the McCanns can socialise, are pretty damn near perfect - and let's throw in the words "responsible" and "selfless". Anyone who says differently either a) do not have children and therefore do not know the lengths you will go to to protect your children or b) are selfish and ignorant.
"She says her ‘ferocious maternal instinct’ to protect her child was more powerful than her own fear"................ Really? Where was that instinct the night YOU LEFT THE CHIDREN ALONE??? That statement (And especially the 'chant') smacks of elitist self-presevation!!!
"I could not make love to my husband!" Eeeew! I think, my dear that you have lost the plot. This is not about you, it is about finding your missing child. The world does not want to know the sordid details of you intimate relationships: that is just pushing the boundaries too far. Your remaining children will grow up one day and read your book and they will read that bit and go "Eeeew!"
She felt like no one was bothering to look for her baby? No one was bothering to look after all her babies. They were too busy having a good time without bothering to book a babysitter. Susan, Cheshire - I think you'll find that everyone on here who criticises the McCanns is full of compassion - for Madelaine. That's where all my compassion lies; with Madelaine and her siblings. Not with the parents who abandoned her.
im sorry but im sick of hearing about the Mc Cannes, history is history no matter how sad or tragic this is,just get on with your lives & do what you have to do without trying to get the endless public sympathy . you should not have left the kids alone in the first place. publicity wise, put an end to it.
When will this woman shut up and stop discussing their private life via the media; far too much information Mrs McCann.
OH..... NO NO NO .....NOT THESE TWO AGAIN..
the book should be called 'All about Kate" - because that is really what this is all about. A masterclass in the art of 'Me Me Me'
Do we really need to know about their sex life? You left your children on their own.
I was starting to feel badly for the parents after reading the little bit posted above of how hard it was that night for them, but it must have been much worse for Little Maddie when she realized she was kidnapped and whatever happened to her afterwards. I would feel more for the parents if they publicly said that they made a huge mistake repeatedly leaving their young children alone in a hotel apartment with the patio door unlocked. As parents, they were in charge of Maddie's safety. What's done is done the Maddie McCann case keeps resurfacing and that is a major sticking point.
I am so tired of hearing about Kate or Gerry McCann. Both did the unthinkable and the result a missing child.
"her ‘ferocious maternal instinct’ to protect her child" A shame it wasn't ferocious enough to stop her leaving the children alone.
The one person for whom I have great sadness for is Madeleine.
'..........In the extracts printed in The Sun, she recounts how one bungling police officer supposedly looking for Madeleine did not even recognise the three-year-old in a photocopied picture.............' Well the photo's that the McCanns put out in those first few months would confuse anyone....they all looked like completely different children. Does the photo by the pool look like the same child in the blue football shirt? Does the 'tennis court' photo look anything like the photo they are still using now (the close-up of Maddies face with the very big eyes)? No, all of these photos look like different children....so no wonder the policeman couldn't recognise her.
The more this woman shares the less and less I like her. I can't even begin to imagine the agony of losing a child but I am finding it very hard to have sympathy for this woman. Her words and actions just baffle me.
Too much info! Why does she have to keep herself in the public eye with this: she made a devastating mistake to leave her children on their own, but she made that decision. Stop filling the press with your life since then!
Oh dear.We really do not need any more details about what the McCann parents were going through. She is obviously grounded enough to write a whole book about it.
its so sad for maddie but the fact remains that if she had been supervised none of this would have happened and potentially all 3 could have been taken
I really wish this woman would just disappear.
She says her 'ferocious maternal instinct’ to protect her child was more powerful than her own fear. That apartment was on the main road. You have to go out of the complex - walk round to a gate on the ground floor. They left the door unlocked - (Maddie could have opened the door on her own and got lost) I would feel unsafe as an adult in an open apartment like that. "Maternal instinct" - nothing left to say.
Enough is enough! As soon as Kate McCann starts talking about her sex life one knows this story has run its course.
Wicked and foolish of people to blame the McCanns. A kidnapper sneaked into their flat to steal their child. There are kids out and about all over the world, walking home from school, playing in countryside, at home alone - are kidnappers to be exonerated because they're able to get their hands on children? Who here exonerates paedophile murderer Ian Huntley and blames the parents because the 2 girls were out walking alone? Anybody? Here in rural France, you often see kids walking or cycling alone, out playing around the outskirts of the village alone or in twos. It's called living. ALL kids spend some time alone at home or outside as they grow up. - cath, France, 10/5/2011 What, you see two and three year olds walking and playing alone in the countryside? at home alone? Because that is how old the McCann children were! The two Soham girls were ten, they were not toddlers, and if they had been pre-school age and out alone their parents would have been prosecuted for neglect.
Yuck! Why do we need to know about their sex life, that's completely unneccessary.
The McCanns made a mistake with terrible consequences. I have four children aged between 9 and 19 and when I look back there were times when I was not a perfect parent - it only takes a moment of inattention and an accident happens. I had my 3 year old daughter in the supermarket trolley years ago, I was distracted and she was gone. A man was wheeling her out of the shop You where distracted for a moment, The McCanns left 2 2 year old and a 3 year old for hours every evening because while the free day care was good enough to use they would not use the childcare they had to pay for.
The police in Portugal and Britain have let Maddie down. As a parent, this case distresses me to no end. The Portuguese police look inept and like they care more about tourism. I won't be going back there in any hurry! Bless you, sweet girl- I hope you are peaceful, no matter where you are. - Etsy, Canada, 10/5/2011 4:13 It is not the police who let Maddie down, it is her parents who preffered leave her and the other 2 kids alone in hotel room in strange country and go for a dinner instead look after their kids or hire a baby sitter.
YUK - TOO MUCH INFORMATION I dread to think what she'll think up for next year's "McCann headline", or the year after, or the year after that... "McCann shocker - I haven't eaten tapas since Maddie disappeared" "Kate McCann's turmoil: I haven't had any stories printed about me for over two months" Sad story about a little girl disappearing, but enough's enough.
Oh shut up Kate, we don't want to know about your sex life.
I think this book needs to read in its entirety, to get a proper perspective, rather than in sensationalist extracts. Having said that, I have to say I find Kate McCann's almost complete lack of personal insight, self knowledge,call it what you will,absolutely breathtaking. I remember how the public mood shifted, as soon as it was revealed how those children had been left alone, my sympathy for the adults disappeared for sure. I have since always found their manner hard to take, although I know we are all different! However, in this extract,Kate refers to her 'ferocious maternal instinct' to protect her child. Can she really not see how ridiculous this sounds in the face of their willingness to leave those children alone,night after night,even after she knew they had been upset and calling for their mother. She even appears to try and blame the reception for leaving a note with details of the McCann's movements to be seen by a passing paedophile. Poor Madeleine.
Who is in the least bit interested in details of the their marriage? Yuck!
what utter tripe, it's all me, me, me, last thing I need to hear about is their sex life, poor madeleine
My sex life wouldn't have been one of my worries. Working out how I could possibly force myself to eat again under such circumstances would be.
If i lost a child the very last thing ever on my mind would be making love to my husband. I honestly can't believe she would have had time to navel-gaze at her sex life whilst all this was going on.
Sorry Kate, not many people are interested in personal details. I can understand the need to write about your beautiful daughter but not this.
I'm sorry but I needed to know that why??? Surely the person that matters here is that poor little girl!
She cant keep out of the limelight.
I believe the Kate McCann should look at her own actions and those of her husband instead of pointing blame elsewhere unfairly. Had they not left those children on their own Madeleine would still be with them. Time for the case to be re opened and dealt with to the close. The many questions aren't going to go away.
' no one was bothering to look for her baby' - kick in the teeth to the hundreds of locals (Portuguese and ex-pat) who joined the search for Madeleinein the days following her disappearance.
Constantly seeing headlines from these two is enough to stop reading papers and online news. It's time they stopped milking the media and the media stopped priniting it, enough is enough. As sad as the abduction or whatever happened to Maddie was, I very much doubt any more reporting wil bring her back and the parents should stop trying to hog the limelight. red arrows please!!!!
I'm disgusted by the Portuguese police action in this regard. - ron, canberra australia, 10/5/2011 5:56.................If you're going to condemn you must include our police from Leics as they worked alongside them. But in reality, the police actually worked tirelessly to find out what happened the night poor little Madeleine disappeared.
Do we really have to have this day after day? Talk about milking the story for all it's worth. I really do not want to know about sexual problems this couple may have had - for God's sake have some dignity!
Oh Kate, why are you doing this? Normally its only errant footballers that get their sex lives splashed over the paper, not a supposedly respectable woman who released all the details herself. I thought your book was about the very serious and very frightening total disappearance of your daughter. Now you are turning it into some cheap and trashy novel by revealing your sex life. If Madeleine is ever found, would you give her this book to read? I sincerely hope not. Kate, you have let yourself down just as much as you have let Madeleine down. I feel so much for Madeleine, and for her siblings, who will surely suffer as a result of all this.
I do feel sorry for this couple , but why on earth did they leave such young Children whilst they we out drinking and eating ?
Why won't these two just go away ,there not helping there cause one bit because all we ever hear of is how there suffering . well the public in this country is suffering too listening to you week after week .
"Ferocious maternal instinct to protect my child"?? Where was that ferocious maternal instinct when Kate McCann went out to dinner leaving her children alone? The McCanns keep looking for sympathy whilst ignoring the most important fact in Madeleine's disappearance; if they hadn't left their children alone, Madeleine wouldn't have been taken. It's a harsh fact to face, but it's true - the McCanns need to face it. I still hope Madeleine is alive and well somewhere for her sake and theirs.
Next stop Jeremy Kyle ... I can understand her sadness, but this really is airing dirty linen...
Too much information.
Would they have left a million pounds left in a room unlocked? This woman is so good at fairy stories! I don't understand why they are being so protected from the top downwards. Are people so naive about what goes on in the world and how low people can stoop? They are just professional liars, not sure about professional doctors!
Do we really need to know about her intimate life? It is all me,me,me.
Most police believe that if a child goes missing and is not found within the first 24 hours then they will never br found. If this poor child is still alive she will hopefully be being brought up by someone who loves her. She will probably be speaking a foreign language and her real family will, at her present age, be just a distant memory.
So many perfect Parents writing! Kate & Gerry could have been asleep in the other bedroom and it may still have happen - I recall call the little girl abducted from a tent in her garden while sleeping one summer night. The knife is in deep no need for the evil public to twist it - enough! - Michael J Lee, Sheffield UK, 10/5/2011 12:43 I don't think so Michael as they locked the door to the patio when THEY were home - but left it open when they were OUT so they didn't wake the children when they went to check on them by rattling keys in the lock!! I guarantee they always lock their cars though when they leave them unattended to stop someone stealing them!
Not AGAIN - These two who put their pownn self interests befor their child originally must be making a fortune out of all the regurgitation.
Karen, France, 10/5/2011 09:06 : It took me a while too to work out her chant and, like you, was bewildered and surprised at her choice of words. Especially from an educated GP and (according to the DM) a devoute catholic. Is this lady for real? The mind boggles?
Too much information.
Do we really need to know this?
Too much information, methinks!
I'm suprised that they haven't yet picked up on the fact that the public is tiring of their constant bleating to the press. Though i'm sure all of us are very sorry for their loss of child,, there comes a point when enough is enough and people stop wanting to know.
I feel incredibly sorry for the McCanns at losing their child, but I don't feel sorry for them in the way they left their children alone, so they could go off and drink, eat and be merry. You just don't leave your child or children alone like that - it's common sense! My daughter is 9 years old and I wouldn't even think of allowing her to go out on her own, even if she was with friends or leave her alone so I could go out with my friends. And as for telling people you couldn't have an intimate life with your husband, well, that's just too much information and needs to be kept private.
sorry.... but i dont feel sorry or anything towards the parents of maddy,.....................but i DO feel so sorry for her, and i do hope she is alive somewhere, i have children and have never left them alown while we have been away, we have taken them out with us at night as well, ....could they not have taken with them instead of leaving them alown in a villa they did not know......???? poor child must have been so upset and unsre what was going on,.......let this be a warning to other parents going away........do not leave your child or children ALOWN while on holiday even for a short while,.......and why is this woman telling us about her sex life,.....not intrested,..... they made a huge mistake by leaving there children alown while they went out enjoying themselves....they are now paying the price.
Could we please remove the focus off the parents? Mistakes were made, we've all done that, we've all made them but you're all missing the point. The question is who the hell has taken this little girl and where on earth is she??? Irrespective of the parents, I just hope that she is found safe and well. God forbid what may or may not have happened to that beautiful INNOCENT little girl.
If you remember they had gone out LEAVING THE CHILDREN ALONE the night Madeline disappeared, of course they will always feel guilty
I don't have children yet as I am too selfish and self centred, if only the McCanns had the foresight to think the same way, the UNDENIABLE FACTS are, they LEFT their children alone, NOT EVEN in their own home with Neighbours / Friends around, IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, I really hope Maddy is found one day and one way or another it's at an end. I have genuine disgust for this woman and have from the start, with each and every PR stunt of me, me , me the contempt just grows, way to go Mrs McCann, make a career out of ending your daughters life as she knew it or even worse permenantly.
This is such an awful case and I do feel sorry for the McCanns but I will never be able to get over the fact that they left their children alone. Maybe I could understand it a bit more if it had been the last night of the holiday and they decided to do it on the spur of the moment so they could have some time on their own - but the fact is they did this every single night of the holiday - even after Madeleine had said to her mother on the morning of her abduction 'why didn't you come when Sean and I cried last night'. I can't believe they still went out knowing their kids had been calling for them. Anyone with children knows that just because your children go off to sleep ok doesn't mean that they won't wake up a couple of hours later wanting their mummy and daddy. Having said that they have to live with not having their daughter with them every single day - I suppose that is punishment enough.
Oh please Kate, we all feel desperately sorry for your loss, but you need to move on and we need to draw a line under all this. This is way too much information - ENOUGH ALREADY!
Whilst I feel for the McCanns, I don't understand why they were so offended and seemingly uncooperative. It's normal for parents in these situations to be treated as suspects, until evidence is sifted through. This disappearance is a complete and utter puzzle and I hope the truth is discovered one day, for the peace of mind of everyone involved. We certainly don't need to hear about the McCanns' sex lives. Their children will read this book one day, for heaven's sake. But they have my sympathy for the torment they are going through, whether it is partly of their own making or not.
This real life saga is well beyond its best buy date. The couple messed up and were more interested in going out partying than having their kids with them and the end result was very unfortunate. Any parent who leaves thir kids alone is asking for trouble and if the place had caught fire, all the kids would now be dead. Whatever happened to parental responsibility as we might not expect it on Labours feral estates but these two were professional people ! Time to move on and leave this vocal couple to their own devices as most of us are fed up seeing them in the news.
Yawn. I wish I could give a damn about either of the McCann parents, but strangely, I can only muster a well of sympathy for the poor innocent daughter they chose to leave so that they could have a nice dinner out with their friends.
In my opinion the McCanns have always seemed a bit arrogant probably because they have good jobs,money etc.I always feel that they blame someone else for Maddies disappearence when this would never have happened if they had put their childrens safety and well being ahead of they own needs to have grown up dinners.I suppose being who they are they never thought something like that could ever happen to them and that they had a given right to think it was absolutely fine to leave their children unattended. Their plight is heartbreaking but their way of trying to help their daughter has been all wrong and has alienated the people who could've helped.
Same. old, old. We will not need to buy the book, at this rate.
is it not time to draw a line on this on going saga until something conclusive is established about maddie.
