Well, this just widens the timeline by quite a bit. The famous tea on the beach with the other families didn't happen:
So they weren't there...and if Gerry is playing tennis at 530, he was probably courtside earlier than that, which means that Kate was alone with the kids at 515 or earlier.
And the part of the story which describes the afternoon says, "It is understood that...'' That is a very weasely way of saying it- did the Mcs say it or did the staff or did the friends? So the time from which no one other than family saw Madeleine may be as early as 230/130- (camera time-) ... There are now as many as 7 hours to account for...
The children in the party were dropped at the Mark Warner creche in the morning - as they were on every day of the week-long holiday - and picked up at midday.
It is understood the McCanns then took Madeleine and the twins for a picnic lunch and they spent time at the beach and at the pool of the Ocean Club.
At 5.30pm, Mr McCann took part in a social tennis event inside the complex with the other men in the group, all doctors who had first met while working in a hospital together in Leicester.
Meanwhile, the children in the group ate their supper at the Paraiso restaurant close to the beach at Praia da Luz with their parents. The McCanns and their children were not present.
So they weren't there...and if Gerry is playing tennis at 530, he was probably courtside earlier than that, which means that Kate was alone with the kids at 515 or earlier.
And the part of the story which describes the afternoon says, "It is understood that...'' That is a very weasely way of saying it- did the Mcs say it or did the staff or did the friends? So the time from which no one other than family saw Madeleine may be as early as 230/130- (camera time-) ... There are now as many as 7 hours to account for...