A vicar who spent time with Madeleine McCann's parents in Portugal has revealed the real priority for Kate and Gerry, after their daughter went missing in 2007.
Father Haynes Hubbard, who is a close friend of the McCann's, told GB News that an apology from the Portugese police into their handling of Madeleine's disappearance makes "no difference".
This follows a new BBC documentary for Panorama, which investigates the still unsolved mystery of what happened to Madeleine McCann, after she disappeared from a Praia Da Luz holiday apartment on the Algarve in Portugal.
The BBC have claimed that Portugese police recently travelled from Lisbon to meet with Kate and Gerry McCann, to apologise for how they handled the investigation when it first happened.
Father Haynes Hubbard says a police apology 'really doesn't make much difference' to the McCann's
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Recalling what happened following Madeleine's disappearance on May 3, Hubbard said they "became friends with Kate and Gerry" because they had young children and they "needed a place to come and hide".
He added that Kate and Gerry were "being pressed mercilessly by the police and by the press, to kind of say things that the police and the press wanted them to say".
Reacting to the BBC's revelation of an "apology" to the McCann's by Portugese police, Hubbard claimed: "From the very beginning, Kate and Jerry have not been in the least bit interested in any of the externalities.
"All they want is to focus attention on looking for their daughter. So a police apology really doesn't make much difference to them."
Reflecting on the impact of Madeleine's disappearance on her mother Kate, Hubbard revealed she "wants the world to focus on finding out what's happened to Madeline."
Hubbard told GB News: "All she's got of her daughter is old photographs of when she was three years old.
"You know, her daughter's now 19 or 20 or whatever Madeleine is, and Kate doesn't have any photographs of the last 16 years. That's what matters."
German Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters has claimed missing Madeleine is dead, and that she died in Portugal.
Father Hubbard says Kate and Gerry McCann were 'pressed mercilessly' by police and media after Madeleine disappeared
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Speaking in new BBC documentary, 'Prime Suspect: Who Took Madeleine McCann?', Wolters said he is "sure" Madeleine died in Portugal.
When pressed on whether the German authorities are aware of the location of the crime, Wolters simply replied "maybe".
Wolters also told the investigative journalist that they have "only one suspect at the moment".
They believe 46-year-old German national Christian Brueckner was the man responsible.
