I attended An Evening For Madeleine 1,000 Days On on Wednesday. It's that long since Madeleine McCann was abducted while on holiday in Portugal.

It's that long - though it must seem like an eternity - that Kate and Gerry McCann have suffered the greatest sadness there can ever be. The loss of their beautiful daughter lives with them every moment of every day.

Kate told friends, supporters and fundraisers: "I can't speak too much about Madeleine, otherwise I'll be in a heap." She did say how much "Madeleine is still loved, she is still missed and we want her back so much".

Kate and Gerry paused to compose themselves several times. After a moving video - reminding us of the search for Madeleine - had the whole room in tears,

Gerry's voice broke as he said: "It's so painful watching that." Their message was: Don't give up on Madeleine or the hundreds of other missing children.

Go to www.findmadeleine.com or call 0845 838 4699.