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Missing Maddie’s mum reveals she still buys daughter Christmas presents

written by Stephen Maguire December 23, 2017
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MADDIE McCann’s mum has revealed she still buys her missing daughter Christmas presents – harbouring hope her girl will return home safe.

Kate McCann revealed that even ten years on, she had kept her daughter’s room exactly the same as it was when the tot disappeared, ready for her to come home.

Maddie’s family including dad Gerry have close ties with Donegal.

In an emotional letter, Kate revealed her family had a tradition of buying a Christmas stocking for her children, including Madeleine who would now be 14-years-old.

She said: “The presents I buy for her usually have to jump out at me.

“She would be a teenager now so I always try and pick something that would be suitable and enjoyable for her no matter what age she is when she gets to open them.

“In my head I guess I just want everything for be right for her when she comes back home. The loft is filled with the presents I have bought for Madeleine and her wardrobe, too.”

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But she admitted that her daughter, who would be a teenager now, might not like her bedroom being the same bright pink she had loved as a toddler.

She said she had felt “numb” after Maddie went missing while the family was on holidays in Portugal, she said everything now was “tinged with pain” as the family faced their 11th Christmas without their daughter.

In her letter, Kate praised the work of the Missing People charity team, saying they were “genuine, caring” people who had helped her family through the difficult years of Maddie’s disappearance.

Missing Maddie’s mum reveals she still buys daughter Christmas presents was last modified: December 23rd, 2017 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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