Implementing a Fund, a non charity organization, 7 days after their daughter disappeared; programming a one year anniversary of her disappearance in early July; giving interviews for money all around the world; writing books with very graphic descriptions; selling t-shirts, bracelets and other paraphernalia,...is not exactly the kind of behaviour one would expect from grieving parents. Why are they the saints and the police that did their job are the devil?
So what did you expect them to do with the money that the public were contributing? They could have just put it in their own bank accounts - as it was sent to help THEM to use in any way necessary for them to stay in Portugal and not have to leave for financial reasons before Madeleine was found.
You cannot have charity status for one person - so as advised by others they opened a fund. Since then hundreds of thousands of pounds which they could also have put into their own bank account - i.e. compensation for libel, the proceeds from Kate's book etc have been put into the fund. There has been no evidence of a luxurious lifestyle as a result of it - or even a change in lifestyle in any way.
Can the same be said about Amaral and how he spent the proceeds of his book?
All the McCann interviews have been for one purpose only and that is to keep Madeleine's profile high in the public mind so that one day maybe someone may recognise her - or become suspicious about something which could lead to her return to her parents. This won't happen if she slips out of the public eye.
They are following the advice given by the 'experts' on what to do to give Madeleine the best chance of being found.
In the USA I believe they advertise missing children's faces on milk cartons - here Madeleine's face is on Teeshirts
etc. Why anyone would think either of those methods of trying to find missing children is in some way offensive is a mystery to me.