The girl who made news headlines the world over last year after claiming she was the missing Madeleine McCann has now confessed that she regrets doing so, insisting she “never meant to hurt anyone”.
Julia Wandelt expressed her firm belief that she was Madeleine, missing since disappearing while on a family holiday in Portugal back in 2007 aged just three, throughout the first half of 2023.
Such was the intensity with which her claims were scrutinized that Julia – of Poland – became a minor celebrity in her own right. People remained divided online, with many flocking to the Instagram account she set up titled “@iammadeleinemccan” to either support or refute her claims.