Kate and Gerry McCann: Why I admire their strength to march on
THIS week I interviewed Kate and Gerry McCann for Channel 5 News on what would have been Madeleine’s eighth birthday.
Before the cameras roll we all have a chat. They are relaxed, friendly and utterly normal. It’s obvious they’re family people, they love their children dearly and put them at the heart of everything they do.
As the cameras roll and I mention Madeleine’s name, the pain on Kate and Gerry’s faces is immediate. It’s like a switch has been flicked. They hold hands tightly.
They are open and honest and no question is out of bounds. They admit their responsibility about not hiring a babysitter that fateful night four years ago and put up with so much hostility thrown their way. I admire their strength to keep marching on. And this latest push, Kate’s book is one gargantuan effort. The notes were already there, compiled from intimate diaries Kate kept from the moment Madeleine disappeared.
Gerry muses that his wife’s accurate and logical account of the events could be one of the starting blocks in the new Met Police’s investigation.
It may be just the tool to finding Madeleine, or at least unearthing what happened to her.