And yellow wrist bands from the Find Madeleine campaign were also given out and a photographic slide show of Madeleine was played to music to emphasise the positivity the McCann family has shown in the search for Madeleine.

In the letter, Kate and Gerry thanked the people of Praia da Luz for their initial and ongoing support, as well as their efforts to help in the search to find their daughter, when she went missing one year ago.

The letter spoke of Gerry and Kate’s hope that they will one day find their daughter and that their family can once again be complete.

The first step toward doing that would have been to agree to the Portuguese Police request that they return to PdL for the reenactment of their timeline, which is under scrutiny for it's inconsistencies.

The McCanns are refusing to cooperate with the police and they are Arguidos in their daughter's disappearance and likely death.