• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Madeleine McCann’s parents share new message to mark daughter’s 21st birthday

Home> News> UK News

Published 09:58 12 May 2024 GMT+1

Madeleine McCann’s parents share new message to mark daughter’s 21st birthday

It's been over 17 years since Madeleine McCann went missing in Portugal

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

Madeleine McCann’s parents have shared a new message to mark their daughter’s 21st birthday.

It’s now been just over 17 years since the three-year-old girl tragically vanished on their family holiday in Praia da Luz, Lagos, Portugal.

With worldwide campaigns to find Madeleine, countless documentaries and even other teens convinced they were her, it’s become one of the highest profile missing person cases ever.

Since she went missing back on 3 May 2007, there has been over £13 million spent by the Met police investigating the case, with the Home Office recently granting up to a further £192,000 for the Scotland Yard investigation.

Advert

And after recently marking the sad anniversary of her disappearance, Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry have now issued a heartbreaking statement to mark her birthday today (12 May).

Madeleine McCann went missing 17 years ago. (Handout/Getty Images)
Madeleine McCann went missing 17 years ago. (Handout/Getty Images)

Shared to their official campaign to find her, they wrote: “Happy 21st birthday Madeleine.

“Still missing. Still missed. Still looking.”

The story of the little girl disappearing from the holiday apartment after being left sleeping with her younger twin siblings while Kate and Gerry ate at a tapas bar 120 metres away is one us Brits know very well.

Advert

And many joined Madeleine’s parents in marking her birthday as they wrote on Facebook: “Ah man, this brought tears to my eyes. What a nightmare. I think we’ve all probably be thinking and praying a little more for Maddie and her family today.”

Another wrote: “Happy 21st birthday Madeleine… we are all thinking of you sweetheart and all your family x.”

Today is her 21st birthday. (CLEMENS BILAN/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)
Today is her 21st birthday. (CLEMENS BILAN/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)

As one added: “Still in our thoughts, still in our search, still holding you close to us all. Happy 21st x.”

Recently marking the anniversary of her disappearance, Kate and Gerry shared a post reading: “It's 17 years since Madeleine was taken from us. It's hard to even say that number without shaking our heads in disbelief.

Advert

“Whilst we are fortunate in many ways and able to live a relatively normal and enjoyable life now, the 'living in limbo' is still very unsettling. And the absence still aches.

"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.

“Thank you again for remembering Madeleine and all missing children."

Featured Image Credit: PA

Topics: Madeleine McCann, UK News, World News

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

X

@jessbattison_

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • New update following arrest of Polish woman claiming she is Madeleine McCann
  • New update in Madeleine McCann case as prime suspect is set to walk free in two weeks
  • Detective who worked on Madeleine McCann case makes damning claim about new police search set to begin today
  • Woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann shows 'evidence' that makes her believe she's missing child

Choose your content:

6 hours ago
8 hours ago
9 hours ago
  • 6 hours ago

    Judge rules Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will remain behind bars as bail is denied

    The hip hop producer has been in federal detention since September 2024

    News

    breaking

  • 8 hours ago

    Met Police advice on 'sextortion' after boy, 14, dies after thinking he was flirting with woman online

    The teenager ended his life after being blackmailed over intimate images he'd sent online

    News
  • 8 hours ago

    Doctors make shocking discovery after toddler hospitalised with stomach pains

    Madeline Dunne's son was rushed to the hospital for a near-fatal reason

    News
  • 9 hours ago

    Murder suspect Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to killing four Idaho students to avoid death penalty

    The four University of Idaho students were killed in November 2022

    News

    breaking