Kate McCann has told how the renewed hunt for missing daughter Madeleine has given her renewed hope, but also left her exhausted.
And the 45-year-old gave an emotional insight into the horrific traumas of being the parent of a lost child.
Kate said the pain was so unbearable, “all you really want to do is disappear yourself”.
The former GP told how she has endured a “tricky couple of months” and apologised for being “a bit sleep-deprived” when she spoke at a Missing People charity fundraising gala.
Kate said: “What many people don’t know is the impact that a child going missing has on you, your family and all those who know your child. You need to know that all that can be done is being done and you need to know that the world hasn’t given up.”
Police have reopened their inquiry into Madeleine’s disappearance from her holiday apartment at Praia da Luz in May 2007, shortly before her fourth birthday.
