The couple thanked well-wishers for their support, and for remembering Madeleine and all missing children.
In a message issued on the official Find Madeleine website, Kate and Gerry McCann said: “It’s 17 years since Madeleine was taken from us. It’s hard to even say that number without shaking our heads in disbelief.
The couple added: “Your support continues to encourage us and bolsters our strength to keep going. We know the love and hope for Madeleine and the will to find her, even after so many years, remains, and we are truly thankful for that.Madeleine, from Rothley in Leicestershire, up to a further £192,000 has been granted by the Home Office for the Scotland Yard investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance.The confirmation of the latest annual funding for Operation Grange was revealed in a parliamentary written answer by Home Office minister Lord Sharpe of Epsom.
He is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Germany for the rape of an elderly woman at her home in the resort town in 2005.In June last year, German prosecutors said they cannot yet link items seized in the fresh McCann searches with the investigation into her disappearance.
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