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McCanns 'take stock' of campaign Madeleine parents 'to take stock'
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The parents of missing Madeleine McCann have said they will spend the coming week reviewing the campaign to find her and allowing themselves time to grieve. The parents of missing Madeleine McCann say they will spend the coming week reviewing the campaign to find her and allowing themselves time to grieve.
A family spokesman for Kate and Gerry McCann said earlier the couple planned to stay in Portugal at least until the end of the summer. The couple have travelled across Europe in an effort to find Madeleine, four, who went missing in Portugal on 3 May.
The couple have travelled across Europe in an effort to find Madeleine, who went missing in Portugal on 3 May. But on their return to the Algarve on Tuesday from Morocco, Gerry and Kate McCann of Rothley, Leicestershire, say they will have a period of reflection.
But on their return to Portugal on Tuesday they will "take stock". Mr McCann, 39, said he did not want to hold back his emotions anymore.
I want to be able to grieve and let those emotions out Gerry McCann People have told me that I could do the same, if not more, back in the UK, but I can't face leaving Kate McCann
Mr McCann, from Rothley, Leicestershire, said on Saturday he was finding it difficult to hold in his feelings.
"There's been a lot of emotion in the last 10 days," he said."There's been a lot of emotion in the last 10 days," he said.
"In the first few weeks when I slipped into dark moments of despair I was finding it quite easy to emotionally switch a light back on, but I've been finding it increasingly difficult to do. "In the first few weeks when I slipped into dark moments of despair, I was finding it quite easy to emotionally switch a light back on, but I've been finding it increasingly difficult to do.
"More importantly, I don't want to do that anymore. I want to be able to grieve and let those emotions out.""More importantly, I don't want to do that anymore. I want to be able to grieve and let those emotions out."
'Period of reflection' Media attention
The couple had travelled across Europe - including a trip to the Vatican City to make a personal appeal to the Pope - since their daughter disappeared from a holiday resort at Praia da Luz on the Algarve. The couple have travelled across Europe - including taking a trip to the Vatican City to make a personal appeal to the Pope - since their daughter disappeared from Praia da Luz, in the Algarve.
"We'll still meet with the Portuguese police as we have done fairly regularly and with the British police. But it is definitely going to be a period of reflection," Mr McCann said. "We'll still meet with the Portuguese police as we have done fairly regularly and with the British police, but it is definitely going to be a period of reflection," Mr McCann said.
"We can't keep doing he same thing week after week, the coverage will dwindle away. What we want to be sure of is that what we put our energy into is effective." "We can't keep doing the same thing week after week. The [media] coverage will dwindle away. What we want to be sure of is that what we put our energy into is effective."
Mrs McCann said it was time to withdraw from the media attention.Mrs McCann said it was time to withdraw from the media attention.
Madeleine McCann has now been missing for more than a monthMadeleine McCann has now been missing for more than a month
"When I'm speaking in public it helps take my mind off things. It's a distraction because you know that might help, but it's time to step back from that." "When I'm speaking in public it helps take my mind off things. It's a distraction because you know that might help, but it's time to step back from that," she said.
Mr McCann said he and his wife would at some point have to make the decision to go home.Mr McCann said he and his wife would at some point have to make the decision to go home.
"There's been a lot of talking and thinking about that going on behind the scenes. We will not give up, but there will be a different way of doing things."There's been a lot of talking and thinking about that going on behind the scenes. We will not give up, but there will be a different way of doing things.
"I can see myself having to go back to the UK to meet with people, it is just more efficient to do things over there."I can see myself having to go back to the UK to meet with people, it is just more efficient to do things over there.
"It will be very, very hard, the last time I was back, I couldn't even go into the house, I found it hard enough going to Rothley." "It will be very, very hard. The last time I was back, I couldn't even go into the house. I found it hard enough going to Rothley."
'Can't face leaving''Can't face leaving'
Mrs McCann said she often awoke thinking it would be the day Madeleine was found. Mrs McCann said she often awoke thinking it would be the day Madeleine would be found.
"I do actually feel close to Madeleine here. She could actually be further away from here than she is from the UK but I feel emotionally close to her here."I do actually feel close to Madeleine here. She could actually be further away from here than she is from the UK but I feel emotionally close to her here.
"People have told me that I could do the same, if not more, back in the UK, but I can't face leaving.""People have told me that I could do the same, if not more, back in the UK, but I can't face leaving."
The McCanns are expected to move out of their Mark Warner holiday apartment next week and enter more permanent housing.The McCanns are expected to move out of their Mark Warner holiday apartment next week and enter more permanent housing.
On Saturday a family spokesman said the couple would probably remain in Portugal at least until the end of the summer.
It is thought Madeleine was snatched from the family's apartment at the Praia da Luz resort while her parents were at a nearby restaurant.It is thought Madeleine was snatched from the family's apartment at the Praia da Luz resort while her parents were at a nearby restaurant.