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A summary of the 'Epilogue' in Dr Kate McCann's new paperback book
Tony Bennett on Thu May 10, 2012 2:47 pm
These short extracts from Dr Kate McCann's book 'madeleine', a paperback version of the hardback book published a year ago, are published here under the 'Fair Use' provisions of the Copyright Act:
p. 453
Editions of the book were released in Portugal, the Netherlands, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Sweden and Finland.
Sales have been ‘phenomenal’.
A ‘considerable amount of money’ has been raised to ‘help fund the search for Madleeine’.
Publishing the book ‘exposed us to a fresh wave of press attention’.
Dr Kate McCann was adamant that she didn’t want the book serialised on any newspaper, ‘especially not a tabloid’. There is about a page of how much and why she really didn’t want the book serialised.
p. 454
Then: “It wasn’t until Gerry suggested that perhaps we could seek ‘a different, broader kind of arrangement, in which the serialisation of the book was combined with some specific backing for our campaign, that I opened my mind a little further to the idea”.
“In the spring of 2011, we met a tam form News International…”
They only agreed to a serialisation once News International said they were prepared to spearhead a drive to re-energise the search for Madeleine”.
They agreed to a serialisation in The Sun and the Sunday Times.
The week the book was published was ‘nerve-racking’ but ‘the daily coverage was helping to re-engage hearts and minds in the U.K.
p.455
The Sun then printed their ‘open letter to the Prime Minister’, although “We hadn’t wanted to challenge him so publicly…”
Susan Hubbard came over to look after the twins whilst we were dealing with the publicity, she “took charge of Madeleine’s birthday party in Rothley…”
“Our gift to our daughter was a marathon day of intensive interviews and press conferences in London...”
The Prime Minister ’phone back the same day, although “We hadn’t expected a response to the open letter for several days at least, if we got one at all…”
“Oh my God! Finally help was coming. Happy birthday, Madeleine. Other than hearing that she had been found, there could have been no news sweeter to my ears…”
p. 456
“…we were swamped by calls, text messages and emails from delighted family and friends…”
But the following morning “critics had clouded the furst ray of hope we’d had in ages…”
She then lists complaints about the cost of the Scotland Yard review and why they were getting such preferential treatment.
Then they were “preoccupied by the many questions swimming around our heads”. For example, “Did the Portuguese authorities know about this decision?”
The Scotland Yard Review team “were in touch with us within a few days…”
“The following week we met several of them at Scotland Yard. Almost immediately, Gerry and I felt confident, reassured and hopeful”.
p. 457
“..we are sure that this process, whether it takes months or years, will bring us closer to obtaining our goal. And possibly even all the way there”.
Scotland Yard have met Leicestershire Police, the Portuguese Police, the Spanish Police, and ‘other U.K. law enforcement agencies.
“Perhaps the most encouraging aspect for Gerrv and me so far is how good the communication has been. We are regularly updated…it’s a marked and welcome change from what went before”.
“In the meantime, our search continues, as does our work to raise awareness for various charities and organisations concerned with missing people…”
p. 458
In October 2011, the McCanns talked to counsellors and other professionals at the annual conference of the Child Bereavement, Trauma and Emotional Wellbeing Service, and spoke to the ‘child psychologist who advised us after Madeleine’s abduction’, David Trickey.
In June 2011, the McCanns attended the ‘first-ever’ Parliamentary inquiry into the rights of the families of missing people. Dr Kate McCann complains of how little support there is for the victims of child abduction.
p. 459
She then summarises the issues raised at the inquiry.
There is then a reference to their travelling to the Netherlands to publicise their book. A taxi-driver said: “Oh yes, I remember, you wee the parents accused of killing your daughter!”
p. 460
They had an unhappy experience publicising the book in Spain, where the TV company showed a film ‘that could only be described as propaganda’.
“…we were in a difficult position. We were tempted to abandon the interview, but we knew what kind of message that would send out…So we sat in stunned silence, our hearts pounding fiercely, as selectively edited and apparently damning images gathered form media and Portuguese police footage were displayed on a big screen…barking cadaver dogs, book, documents and medicines taken from the villa we’d rented…the commentary presented these ‘exhibits’ as fact - as evidence of guilt”.
“Our treatment at the hands of the media is a central strand of our story and yet here we were, once again, forced to explain the facts and defend ourselves…by now I’ve run out of superlatives to adequately express my shock and disgust at this abhorrent behaviour”.
p. 461
Most of this page deals with the hacking of Milly Dowler’s ’phone and the conduct of News International and the police. She refers to the News of the World’s ‘skulduggery’.
p. 462
Dr Kate McCann explains how “Gerry and I were invited to apply to assist the Leveson enquiry as ‘core participants’. Knowing how useful our testimony would be, we decided we had a moral obligation to do so…we have certainly suffered greatly from the invasion of our privacy and defamation at the hands of the press. We had a lot to share and hoped that by contributing we might help to prevent others from being subjected to similar treatment”.
Then there is a description of the day they gave evidence to the inquiry: “At first we were both nervous and shaky (yes, even Gerry!), but the questioning was sensitive and sympathetic…going through all the libellous headlines and reports that had appeared on a daily basis filled me with renewed disbelief…I was no nearer to understanding how these journalists and editors could be allowed to print such dreadful, untrue stories, or how they could sleep at night”.
p. 463
Dr Kate McCann deals with how ‘shocking’ it was to have excerpts from her diary splashed all over the News of the World.
size=18]The McCanns hope that ‘lessons will be learned’ from the Leveson enquiry. [/size]
There is then a long paragraph about how she thinks about Madeleine: “It is scary how time marches on. Madeleine has been in my head and my heart for every minute of every day of the past five years. As the weeks roll by, as the months roll by, as I’m swept along by life, I start to think about little Madeleine, as she was, and about what’s happened, and then BOOM!, it hits me - that uncomfortable, restless sensation, that heavy ache in my chest, the constriction my throat”.
p. 464
“I hold on to the fact that we, and the search, are in a better position than we have been in for a long time”.
Then a reference to the McCann Team:
“A police review of Madeleine’s case is under way…Our own capable and experienced team remains on standby, ready to respond if and when it is needed…”
“In December Amelia asked me: ‘Are we going to have a good Christmas, Mummy?’
‘Yes, we are’. ‘Even without Madeleine?’ ‘Yes, Amelie, we’re still going to have a really good Christmas’.
They had a ‘Christmas full of fun and love’.
“My New Year’s resolution for 2012 was not only to remain positive, but to try to be more positive. It is a tremendous help to know that at last those stones are being turned”.
“If you have any information which may be related to Madeleine’s disappearance, please share it with us. We need you. Please contact: Metropolitan Police Service, Homicide and Serious Crime Command - Operation Grange and/or the Find Madeleine Team via www.findmadeleine.com, or call 0044 (0)845 838 4699. Alternatively, speak to a religious leader in your community”.
p. 465
“If you know what has happened to Madeleine or where she is now, for her sake and ours, please open your heart and let us know. It is never to late to do the right thing”.
+++++++++++++++
On 28 June 2007, 56 days (8 weeks) after Madeleine was reported missing, Dr Gerald McCann accurately predicted, quote:
“I have no doubt we will be able to sustain a high profile for Madeleine’s disappearance in the long-term”.
p. 453
Editions of the book were released in Portugal, the Netherlands, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Sweden and Finland.
Sales have been ‘phenomenal’.
A ‘considerable amount of money’ has been raised to ‘help fund the search for Madleeine’.
Publishing the book ‘exposed us to a fresh wave of press attention’.
Dr Kate McCann was adamant that she didn’t want the book serialised on any newspaper, ‘especially not a tabloid’. There is about a page of how much and why she really didn’t want the book serialised.
p. 454
Then: “It wasn’t until Gerry suggested that perhaps we could seek ‘a different, broader kind of arrangement, in which the serialisation of the book was combined with some specific backing for our campaign, that I opened my mind a little further to the idea”.
“In the spring of 2011, we met a tam form News International…”
They only agreed to a serialisation once News International said they were prepared to spearhead a drive to re-energise the search for Madeleine”.
They agreed to a serialisation in The Sun and the Sunday Times.
The week the book was published was ‘nerve-racking’ but ‘the daily coverage was helping to re-engage hearts and minds in the U.K.
p.455
The Sun then printed their ‘open letter to the Prime Minister’, although “We hadn’t wanted to challenge him so publicly…”
Susan Hubbard came over to look after the twins whilst we were dealing with the publicity, she “took charge of Madeleine’s birthday party in Rothley…”
“Our gift to our daughter was a marathon day of intensive interviews and press conferences in London...”
The Prime Minister ’phone back the same day, although “We hadn’t expected a response to the open letter for several days at least, if we got one at all…”
“Oh my God! Finally help was coming. Happy birthday, Madeleine. Other than hearing that she had been found, there could have been no news sweeter to my ears…”
p. 456
“…we were swamped by calls, text messages and emails from delighted family and friends…”
But the following morning “critics had clouded the furst ray of hope we’d had in ages…”
She then lists complaints about the cost of the Scotland Yard review and why they were getting such preferential treatment.
Then they were “preoccupied by the many questions swimming around our heads”. For example, “Did the Portuguese authorities know about this decision?”
The Scotland Yard Review team “were in touch with us within a few days…”
“The following week we met several of them at Scotland Yard. Almost immediately, Gerry and I felt confident, reassured and hopeful”.
p. 457
“..we are sure that this process, whether it takes months or years, will bring us closer to obtaining our goal. And possibly even all the way there”.
Scotland Yard have met Leicestershire Police, the Portuguese Police, the Spanish Police, and ‘other U.K. law enforcement agencies.
“Perhaps the most encouraging aspect for Gerrv and me so far is how good the communication has been. We are regularly updated…it’s a marked and welcome change from what went before”.
“In the meantime, our search continues, as does our work to raise awareness for various charities and organisations concerned with missing people…”
p. 458
In October 2011, the McCanns talked to counsellors and other professionals at the annual conference of the Child Bereavement, Trauma and Emotional Wellbeing Service, and spoke to the ‘child psychologist who advised us after Madeleine’s abduction’, David Trickey.
In June 2011, the McCanns attended the ‘first-ever’ Parliamentary inquiry into the rights of the families of missing people. Dr Kate McCann complains of how little support there is for the victims of child abduction.
p. 459
She then summarises the issues raised at the inquiry.
There is then a reference to their travelling to the Netherlands to publicise their book. A taxi-driver said: “Oh yes, I remember, you wee the parents accused of killing your daughter!”
p. 460
They had an unhappy experience publicising the book in Spain, where the TV company showed a film ‘that could only be described as propaganda’.
“…we were in a difficult position. We were tempted to abandon the interview, but we knew what kind of message that would send out…So we sat in stunned silence, our hearts pounding fiercely, as selectively edited and apparently damning images gathered form media and Portuguese police footage were displayed on a big screen…barking cadaver dogs, book, documents and medicines taken from the villa we’d rented…the commentary presented these ‘exhibits’ as fact - as evidence of guilt”.
“Our treatment at the hands of the media is a central strand of our story and yet here we were, once again, forced to explain the facts and defend ourselves…by now I’ve run out of superlatives to adequately express my shock and disgust at this abhorrent behaviour”.
p. 461
Most of this page deals with the hacking of Milly Dowler’s ’phone and the conduct of News International and the police. She refers to the News of the World’s ‘skulduggery’.
p. 462
Dr Kate McCann explains how “Gerry and I were invited to apply to assist the Leveson enquiry as ‘core participants’. Knowing how useful our testimony would be, we decided we had a moral obligation to do so…we have certainly suffered greatly from the invasion of our privacy and defamation at the hands of the press. We had a lot to share and hoped that by contributing we might help to prevent others from being subjected to similar treatment”.
Then there is a description of the day they gave evidence to the inquiry: “At first we were both nervous and shaky (yes, even Gerry!), but the questioning was sensitive and sympathetic…going through all the libellous headlines and reports that had appeared on a daily basis filled me with renewed disbelief…I was no nearer to understanding how these journalists and editors could be allowed to print such dreadful, untrue stories, or how they could sleep at night”.
p. 463
Dr Kate McCann deals with how ‘shocking’ it was to have excerpts from her diary splashed all over the News of the World.
size=18]The McCanns hope that ‘lessons will be learned’ from the Leveson enquiry. [/size]
There is then a long paragraph about how she thinks about Madeleine: “It is scary how time marches on. Madeleine has been in my head and my heart for every minute of every day of the past five years. As the weeks roll by, as the months roll by, as I’m swept along by life, I start to think about little Madeleine, as she was, and about what’s happened, and then BOOM!, it hits me - that uncomfortable, restless sensation, that heavy ache in my chest, the constriction my throat”.
p. 464
“I hold on to the fact that we, and the search, are in a better position than we have been in for a long time”.
Then a reference to the McCann Team:
“A police review of Madeleine’s case is under way…Our own capable and experienced team remains on standby, ready to respond if and when it is needed…”
“In December Amelia asked me: ‘Are we going to have a good Christmas, Mummy?’
‘Yes, we are’. ‘Even without Madeleine?’ ‘Yes, Amelie, we’re still going to have a really good Christmas’.
They had a ‘Christmas full of fun and love’.
“My New Year’s resolution for 2012 was not only to remain positive, but to try to be more positive. It is a tremendous help to know that at last those stones are being turned”.
“If you have any information which may be related to Madeleine’s disappearance, please share it with us. We need you. Please contact: Metropolitan Police Service, Homicide and Serious Crime Command - Operation Grange and/or the Find Madeleine Team via www.findmadeleine.com, or call 0044 (0)845 838 4699. Alternatively, speak to a religious leader in your community”.
p. 465
“If you know what has happened to Madeleine or where she is now, for her sake and ours, please open your heart and let us know. It is never to late to do the right thing”.
+++++++++++++++
On 28 June 2007, 56 days (8 weeks) after Madeleine was reported missing, Dr Gerald McCann accurately predicted, quote:
“I have no doubt we will be able to sustain a high profile for Madeleine’s disappearance in the long-term”.
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Re: A summary of the 'Epilogue' in Dr Kate McCann's new paperback book
tigger on Thu May 10, 2012 3:02 pm
Phew! Still not in for the Booker then - I'm going to have a lie-down ....
Just a thought, why worry about the Leveson inquiry - they are core participants on the same level as the government - with the attendant priviliges.
Seen no headlines today.
Just a thought, why worry about the Leveson inquiry - they are core participants on the same level as the government - with the attendant priviliges.
Seen no headlines today.
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Re: A summary of the 'Epilogue' in Dr Kate McCann's new paperback book
jd on Thu May 10, 2012 3:13 pm
So nothing about Maddie then except for their wonderful 'gift' to her
And slowly but surely, they are introducing the twins into it. In future, there will be a whole new angle using them looking for their sister (can see this coming). So much for protecting them from the media...mind you mother kate left them all alone exposed to an abductor when she found out there was one lurking about!
...Nice, sure Maddie will be very comforted how a marathon day and press interviews about themselves will get her found!!! lol Its all about the mccanns, kate and gerry...slipping in their PR buzz word“Our gift to our daughter was a marathon day of intensive interviews and press conferences in London...”
It is a tremendous help to know that at last those stones are being turned
And slowly but surely, they are introducing the twins into it. In future, there will be a whole new angle using them looking for their sister (can see this coming). So much for protecting them from the media...mind you mother kate left them all alone exposed to an abductor when she found out there was one lurking about!
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Re: A summary of the 'Epilogue' in Dr Kate McCann's new paperback book
Ross on Thu May 10, 2012 3:19 pm
“A police review of Madeleine’s case is under way…Our own capable and
experienced team remains on standby, ready to respond if and when it is
needed…”
Yes, but capable and experienced at what?
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Re: A summary of the 'Epilogue' in Dr Kate McCann's new paperback book
candyfloss on Thu May 10, 2012 3:29 pm
Ross wrote:“A police review of Madeleine’s case is under way…Our own capable and
experienced team remains on standby, ready to respond if and when it is
needed…”
Yes, but capable and experienced at what?
I thought they had gone?
Thanks for your summary Tony
So Not a very long epilogue then. Are people going to buy the book again just to read a few extra pages?____________________
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Re: A summary of the 'Epilogue' in Dr Kate McCann's new paperback book
aiyoyo on Thu May 10, 2012 3:30 pm
For this to be solved, there need to be an Inquiry into the UK Police handling of this case.
First there was called me "stu" from LP. Over familiar with mccanns.
Now the review team, SY, (likely AR) was reported (by kate) as having been in contact with them within a few days of the Operation Grange coming into force, and updating them regularly on development.
Question has to be asked :is that usual Police practice? If not, why were the mccanns singled out and given preferential treatment?
First there was called me "stu" from LP. Over familiar with mccanns.
Now the review team, SY, (likely AR) was reported (by kate) as having been in contact with them within a few days of the Operation Grange coming into force, and updating them regularly on development.
Question has to be asked :is that usual Police practice? If not, why were the mccanns singled out and given preferential treatment?
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Re: A summary of the 'Epilogue' in Dr Kate McCann's new paperback book
Fred Up on Thu May 10, 2012 3:35 pm
I have very horrible visions of the future (if this dreadful 'show' is still rolling on) where "The Twins" become media "celebrities", appearing everywhere we look, telling their story: fame by association, if you like. Please, no! It seems, by the McCann's constant referrals to them that they are paving the way? More sponduliks into the fund forever more...
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rainbow-fairy on Thu May 10, 2012 3:36 pm
I have just skim-read the paperback edition epilogue in Asda... It leapt out of my hands onto the floor - (think it was trying to tell me something!
)
1) This is paraphrased etc, but it seems that K+G were shocked by the speed of DC's response, "making us think things had been going on behind the scenes") - they had Kate. Portugal were reviewing already!!!
2) Still no inclusion of any holiday pics, no last pool pic, no tennis pic (pretty certain)
3) Front cover still two year old, 'age progression' on the back. It is ALSO inside, with a very handy inset small picture of Kate at 'around the same age' - look carefully. Eye bags. I'm very convinced that some of the photo's of 'Maddie' ARE Kate...
)1) This is paraphrased etc, but it seems that K+G were shocked by the speed of DC's response, "making us think things had been going on behind the scenes") - they had Kate. Portugal were reviewing already!!!
2) Still no inclusion of any holiday pics, no last pool pic, no tennis pic (pretty certain)
3) Front cover still two year old, 'age progression' on the back. It is ALSO inside, with a very handy inset small picture of Kate at 'around the same age' - look carefully. Eye bags. I'm very convinced that some of the photo's of 'Maddie' ARE Kate...
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Re: A summary of the 'Epilogue' in Dr Kate McCann's new paperback book
jd on Thu May 10, 2012 3:41 pm
Hope nobody you know saw you in Asda's!!
Exactly, no photos from the holiday, old photo of maddie on the cover! If they want to find her then put the new one on the front!!
Exactly, no photos from the holiday, old photo of maddie on the cover! If they want to find her then put the new one on the front!!
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Re: A summary of the 'Epilogue' in Dr Kate McCann's new paperback book
candyfloss on Thu May 10, 2012 3:45 pm
I have merged your topic rainbow-fairy, as already being discussed on this thread.
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