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| Paper apology over McCann diary | Paper apology over McCann diary |
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| The News of the World has apologised for publishing extracts of Kate McCann's diary without her permission. | The News of the World has apologised for publishing extracts of Kate McCann's diary without her permission. |
| Extracts on last week's front page and four other pages revealed Mrs McCann's "black thoughts" and her dreams of lying beside missing Madeleine again. | Extracts on last week's front page and four other pages revealed Mrs McCann's "black thoughts" and her dreams of lying beside missing Madeleine again. |
| The diary was seized and photocopied by Portuguese police after three-year-old Madeleine McCann, of Rothley, Leics, went missing while on holiday. | The diary was seized and photocopied by Portuguese police after three-year-old Madeleine McCann, of Rothley, Leics, went missing while on holiday. |
| The paper said: "We today offer Kate our immediate and sincere apologies." | The paper said: "We today offer Kate our immediate and sincere apologies." |
| In the apology, the News of the World explained: "We published the extracts in the belief held in good faith that we had Kate's permission to do so. | In the apology, the News of the World explained: "We published the extracts in the belief held in good faith that we had Kate's permission to do so. |
| 'Cherished moments' | 'Cherished moments' |
| "It is now clear that our belief was misplaced, and that, in fact, Kate neither approved of nor knew the extracts were to be published." | "It is now clear that our belief was misplaced, and that, in fact, Kate neither approved of nor knew the extracts were to be published." |
| The paper said it had agreed to make a donation to be used in the search for missing Madeleine. | |
| The News of the World's sister paper, the Sun, has published a similar apology on its website. | The News of the World's sister paper, the Sun, has published a similar apology on its website. |
| It is not the first time a newspaper has published an apology to the McCanns. | It is not the first time a newspaper has published an apology to the McCanns. |
| In March, Madeleine's parents won a libel settlement and apology from Express Newspapers for suggesting they were responsible for Madeleine's death. | In March, Madeleine's parents won a libel settlement and apology from Express Newspapers for suggesting they were responsible for Madeleine's death. |
| The newspaper group paid £550,000 to the Find Madeleine campaign and the Daily Express and Daily Star both carried front-page apologies under the headline, "Kate and Gerry McCann: Sorry". | The newspaper group paid £550,000 to the Find Madeleine campaign and the Daily Express and Daily Star both carried front-page apologies under the headline, "Kate and Gerry McCann: Sorry". |