Kate to lay presents in Maddie's bedroom

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6266287/madeleine-mccann-birthday-kate-mother-presents-bedroom/



MADDIE TRIBUTE Kate McCann to lay presents in Maddie’s bedroom tomorrow in heartbreaking tribute to missing daughter on her 15th birthday


She will place them, along with cards and messages of support, in Maddie's pretty pink bedroom at home in Rotheley which remains unchanged



By Tracey Kandohla


11th May 2018, 5:41 pm
Updated: 11th May 2018, 5:41 pm

KATE McCann will lay presents in daughter Madeleine's bedroom to mark her 15th birthday tomorrow and hopes one day she will be back to open them.

The brave mum, who says “hope and perseverance remain”, has been carefully choosing gifts to reflect the teen's age.

She will place them, along with cards and messages of support, in Maddie's pretty pink bedroom which remains unchanged since she vanished during a family holiday in Portugal 11 years ago.

Maddie’s great uncle Brian Kennedy said: “It would be lovely to have a celebration one day. We never lose hope.”



Kate, 50, previously said: “I do all the present buying. I think about what age she is and buy something that, whenever we find her, will still be appropriate so there’s a lot of thought goes into it.”

She referred to the birthday of her eldest child as a "difficult time because that’s when you really feel her absence.”

The ex GP and eminent heart doctor husband Gerry, 49, will also pray for their daughter's safe return during a low key family “party” at home, along with 13-year-old twins Sean and Amelie.

A family pal said: “They’re having a get together with a few friends and family to remember Madeleine on her birthday.



"It’s a poignant time for the family coming just days after the 11th anniversary but they remain hopeful and vow to never to give up the search.”

During the outdoor service in their home village of Rotheley, Leics, Kate read a poem called The Contradiction to remember Maddie with haunting words: “I trace your steps, I map your face. You’re all I know and so unknown. I cannot hold you, yet I do.”
Kate, who is now a part time medical worker, still spends precious moments each day in Maddie’s bedroom which she reveals has “shocking pink walls and stars on the ceiling” and where her dolls and teddies are on display, along with an ever growing number of presents.
She told the BBC: “Everything’s the same and there are photographs all around the house. Whether it be a birthday, family occasion or even an achievement that is when you really feel her absence.”

She also told in her mind’s eye how she jumps from seeing her eldest child as she was when she was kidnapped to envisaging her as she would be now.

Maddie was kidnapped after being left sleeping alone with her twin siblings at their holiday apartment in the Algarve’s Praia da Luz.

At the time her parents were dining with pals at a nearby resort tapas restaurant.

I cant believe she would be nearly 15.

SO SHE WOULD BE 15 BY NOW,WHEN IS ANNIVERSITY?

Yes, Madeleine "would have been 15" if the poor child hadn't died just before her fourth birthday. When they have their "party", it would be appropriate to think of her as an angel in heaven.

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I want to see that room where all those presents are waiting.

After eleven years, Christmas, birthdays, Easter, Valentine's Day, etc., it's a wonder they can even open the door. (snark)

Pathetic.

How does she get into the room to leave presents? She has supposedly been doing this since the day she went missing so there would be a lot in that room. I don't believe for one minute that she leaves a present every Christmas and birthday. If she did, she would have the press round there to photograph it for a "poor me" type of photocall. She hasn't so that is another lie.