Paper's apology in McCann diary row

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In a statement published in the newspaper and on its website, the tabloid said it published the extracts "in the belief held in good faith" that it had Mrs McCann's permission to do so.

The diary was seized and photocopied by Portuguese police after her five-year-old daughter Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, went missing while on holiday in May last year.

The newspaper's full statement read: "Last week we published extracts from Kate McCann's diaries and explained in the article that we were doing so to "nail the lies" about Kate created by selective leaking from the diaries by Portuguese police.

"We published the extracts in the belief held in good faith that we had Kate's permission to do so.

"It is now clear that our belief was misplaced, and that in fact Kate neither approved of nor knew that the extracts were to be published.

"Upon learning of our error we immediately removed the extracts from our website and we today offer Kate our immediate and sincere apologies.

"We have agreed to make a donation to be used in the search for Madeleine. The News of the World remains wholly supportive of the McCanns and their continuing campaign to find their daughter."

It is the second time this year that newspapers have been forced to publish an apology to the McCann family.

In March the Daily Express and Daily Star published front page apologies for a series of articles about Mrs McCann and her husband Gerry. The two newspapers also agreed to pay a "very substantial" sum to the Find Madeleine fund.