Oh Kate!

Portia wrote:A quote from 'madeleine' by Kate McCann, for study purposes only:

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'My biggest worry has undoubtedly been invading the privacy of our children. My account obviously exposes them to a certain extent, as well as Gerry and myself. Later in their lives they may feel I have made public information they would prefer had been kept private. My instinct tells me, however, that it will be far more important to SEAN AND AMELIE to know that their mum and dad have left no stone unturned in their efforts to find their big sister, and if that included publishing a book, I'm sure they WILL understand and accept the necessity'. 

Followed, almost as an afterthought by:

'And I have no doubt that Madeleine WOULD feel the same way'.

End of quote.

Does, or does not Kate think Madeleine will understand and accept? 
Or does she think Madeleine would have understood, if she HAD BEEN or WOULD BE around to find out about the exposure of her privacy?

Around as in: alive?

Is there an English speaker in the house who could shed some light on the difference between the WILL understand and accept (= Sean and Amelie) and the WOULD feel the same way (= Madeleine)

1. It does not change in the third person (i.e. he, she, it)
   
2. It is always combined with another verb in the base form (i.e. without 'to')
   
3. We don't use it with 'Do' in questions or negatives.
   

• I will go to the cinema tonight.
  
• He will play tennis tomorrow.
  
• She will be happy with her exam results.
  
• They will take the bus to the South next week.
  
  
  Would is future conditional
  
  

  would for unreal situations

  The word would is used for unreal or imagined situations:
  'I would love to visit New York.'
  'She would like to be professional footballer.'
  'We would go, but we are too busy.'
  

  would as a past tense

  would and wouldn't are the past tense of will and won't. Let's look at an example of this using direct and reported speech:
  Andrew: 'I will be late.' (direct speech)
  'Andrew said that he would be late.'(reported speech)
  

  would in conditional sentences

  Would is used again for unreal or hypothetical situations in the 2nd and 3rd conditionals:
  2nd Conditional: 'If I won the lottery, I would travel the world.'
  3rd Conditional: 'If I had worked harder, I would have passed the test.'
  

  would not as 'to refuse'

  Wouldn't (would not) is used to show that someone refused to do something:
  'I asked him if I could borrow his car, but he wouldn't lend it to me.'
  

  would for past actions

  Would can be used to talk about actions that repeated in the past. It is used in the same context as used to:
  'When I was young I would do my homework every evening.'
  'In the summer we would always go camping.'