By Jill Reilly Madeleine McCann's mother has ploughed £1million from book sales back into the search for her missing daughter. The bestseller, entitled Madeleine by Kate McCann, was published in 2011 on the day of her eighth birthday. Madeleine, who was three, disappeared from her bed in the family’s apartment in Praia da Luz on the evening of May 3, 2007, while her parents were eating at a nearby tapas restaurant – as they did every night of the holiday. Scroll down for video Fundraiser: Kate McCann and Gerry McCann at the launch of the book entitled Madeleine which has now raised £1million
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Madeleine’s Fund hit £1.8million shortly after the three-year-old vanished
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Last seen at her family’s holiday flat in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007
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After four years of ­searching fund level had dwindled to £125,000
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The bestseller which came out in May 2011 netted £738,487 after tax
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