Madeleine McCann parents still have hope, 10 years on
By AFP
30 April 2017 |
3:44 pm
The parents of the missing British child Madeleine McCann have vowed to do "whatever it takes" to find their daughter as they prepare to mark the 10th anniversary of her disappearance.
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