Kate McCann slept alone the night before Madeleine vanished because her husband had offended her at dinner, it emerged yesterday. Upset by Gerry’s ‘abrupt’ behaviour, she took to a spare bed in the children’s room at the family’s holiday apartment in Portugal. In her forthcoming book, which was serialised in The Sunday Times yesterday, Mrs McCann also reveals she is haunted by the belief that Madeleine tried to tell her that somebody had tried to break into the children’s bedroom. With hindsight, it could have been her ‘one chance to prevent what was about to happen’, said Mrs McCann, adding: ‘And I blew it.’ The possible missed chance came at breakfast on the day Madeleine vanished, when the little girl disconcerted her mother by asking: ‘Why didn’t you come when Sean and I cried last night?’ ...read more...Monday 9 May 2011
Did I miss chance to save Maddie? Kate McCann fears her daughter tried to warn her of an intruder
Kate McCann slept alone the night before Madeleine vanished because her husband had offended her at dinner, it emerged yesterday. Upset by Gerry’s ‘abrupt’ behaviour, she took to a spare bed in the children’s room at the family’s holiday apartment in Portugal. In her forthcoming book, which was serialised in The Sunday Times yesterday, Mrs McCann also reveals she is haunted by the belief that Madeleine tried to tell her that somebody had tried to break into the children’s bedroom. With hindsight, it could have been her ‘one chance to prevent what was about to happen’, said Mrs McCann, adding: ‘And I blew it.’ The possible missed chance came at breakfast on the day Madeleine vanished, when the little girl disconcerted her mother by asking: ‘Why didn’t you come when Sean and I cried last night?’ ...read more...