Amelie joined her parents at a vigil marking the 16th anniversary of the disappearance
Madeleine McCann's sister has spoken about her three-year-old sister's disappearance for the first time at a remembrance vigil.
The teen, who is applying to go to university, was pictured for the first time since she was a toddler. Fiona, a doctor, read a moving poem "Hope is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson, she later embraced Kate. The 18-year-old sister joined in repeating mantras read out by individual people in the 70-strong crowd including "Never never give up", "leave no stone unturned", "don't forget about me" and "still missing, still missed."
Brian, who lives in the same village with wife Janet, who addressed supporters, added: "16 years without someone and still not knowing where they are is a very long time. Even if it was bad news, in some ways, would give us some closure.Kate and Gerry earlier today posted a message on the official Find Maddie website, saying their daughter was "still very much missed" and they "await a breakthrough" in the police hunt for her.
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