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| The mother of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann broke down in tears in a Spanish TV interview as she appealed for help to find her daughter. | The mother of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann broke down in tears in a Spanish TV interview as she appealed for help to find her daughter. |
| She told the Antena 3 station she felt "sad and lonely" without Madeleine. | She told the Antena 3 station she felt "sad and lonely" without Madeleine. |
| Kate McCann said she was as confident her daughter would be found alive now as she was when she went missing in Portugal on 3 May. | |
| Mrs McCann, and husband Gerry, were giving their first TV interview since being named as official suspects. | |
| They were made "arguidos" at the start of September. | They were made "arguidos" at the start of September. |
| Madeleine, from Rothley, Leicestershire, vanished from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz days before her fourth birthday. | |
| 'Very loving' | |
| GP Mrs McCann, 39, became emotional towards the end of the interview, recorded on Tuesday and due to be broadcast on Wednesday night. | |
| "I feel anxious she is not with us," she said. | |
| As Madeleine's mummy, I feel in my heart that she is there Kate McCann | |
| When asked about the last time she saw Madeleine alive, she replied: "She was very happy and very loving and I know Madeleine was very happy with her life. | |
| "She is special." | |
| She said she thought her daughter could be held by someone in their own house. | |
| "As Madeleine's mummy, I feel in my heart that she is there. | |
| "I don't know how anyone could harm anyone as beautiful as Madeleine. I don't mean her appearance, I mean as a beautiful person." | |
| Asked how Madeleine's brother and sister - two-year-old twins Amelie and Sean - were coping, Mrs McCann said: "The hardest thing for me is when they say, 'When is Madeleine coming back home'? | |
| "We have to say, 'we don't know but everyone is looking for her'." | |
| New appeal | |
| Mr McCann described the last time he saw Madeleine - at 2105 when he checked on her before returning to the nearby tapas bar where he and his wife were dining with friends. | |
| "I was the last to see her," he said. | |
| "I saw her and thought how beautiful she was and thought how lucky I was to be a father of three children," he added. | |
| As her parents we want people to try to help reunite our lovely four-year-old girl with her parents Gerry McCann | |
| Mr McCann, a 39-year-old cardiologist, said the couple wanted to appeal to "the people of Spain, Portugal and North Africa" for their help in finding Madeleine. | |
| "As her parents we want people to try to help reunite our lovely four-year-old girl with her parents." | |
| He said he was confident he and his wife would be cleared of any involvement in the disappearance and that "getting our daughter back" was the only thing that mattered. | |
| A confidential 24-hour phone line, based in Spain and manned by private investigators, has been set up. | |
| The couple's spokesman Clarence Mitchell said the initiative had received the backing of Portuguese police. |