====== Involvement of British Establishment ======


see e.g.:

  * [[brian_kennedy|Brian Kennedy]]
  * [[j._k._rowling|J.K. Rowling]]
  * [[michael_caplan|Michael Caplan]]
  * [[stephen_winyard|Stephen Winyard]]
  * [[Richard Branson|Richard Branson]]
  * [[rupert_murdoch|Ruppert Murdoch]]
  * ->[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleen_McLoughlin|Coleen Rooney McLoughlin]]
  * ->[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kenwright|Bill Kenwright]]
  * [[Philip_Green|Sir Philip Green]]
  * ->[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cowell|Simon Cowell]]

See e.g. Wikipedia ->[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Response_to_the_disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCann|Response to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann]]: "The trustees of [[madeleine_fund|Madeleine's Fund]] announced in September that the fund would not be used to pay the McCanns' legal costs. Initially, the McCanns considered setting up a separate appeal fund for legal expenses. However, [[Richard Branson|Richard Branson]] created a fund for the McCann's legal expenses, including those of their current advisor, [[michael_caplan|Michael Caplan]] QC, a solicitor and partner in the London firm of Kingsley Napley. [[Stephen Winyard|Stephen Winyard]] came out in December as having contributed £100,000 to the McCanns' defence fund, which paid for DNA tests carried out on the Renault Scénic hire car used by the McCanns. He also revealed [[brian_kennedy|Brian Kennedy]] as another donor."

Rewards offered totalled over £2.6 million including:

  * £1,500,000 (€2,200,000) including £250,000 by the [[involvement_of_media|News of the World]]
  * £250,000 by Sir Philip Green, 
  * £50,000 by Simon Cowell  
  * £25,000 by Coleen McLoughlin (married to football player Wayne Rooney, former Everton FC player). Sir Richard Branson, JK Rowling, and Bill Kenwright.
  * £1,000,000 (€1,470,000) by British businessman Stephen Winyard.
  * £100,000 (€147,000) by a colleague of Kate McCann.
  * €15,000 (£10,250) by Portuguese newspaper Record.
  * £10,000 (€14,700) by [[involvement_of_media|The Sun]].

See also: ->[[http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/FAMOUS_PEOPLE.htm|FAMOUS PEOPLE NAMED IN THE MCCANN CASE]]

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See also list ->[[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6652611.stm|BBC]] (Monday, 14 May 2007):

Businessman Sir Richard Branson, footballer Wayne Rooney and children's author JK Rowling 
are among those who have contributed to **rewards totalling £2.5m** for the safe return of Madeleine.

REWARD CONTRIBUTORS
  - [[j._k._rowling|J.K. Rowling]]
  - [[Philip_Green|Sir Philip Green]]
  - [[Richard Branson|Richard Branson]]
  - Bill Kenwright
  - Eggert Magnusson
  - John Madejski
  - Jacqueline Gold
  - Simon Cowell
  - Wayne Rooney
  - Michael Vaughan
  - Sir Tom Hunter
  - Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou
  - John Hargreaves


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