Ben Needham's mum Kerry opened up about her son's disappearance 27 years ago on Loose Women today
The disappearance of Ben Needham 27 years ago still haunts people up and down the country today.
But his family remain in turmoil as they have no idea what happened to little Ben, who was just 21-months-old when he disappeared in Kos in 1991 while under the care of his grandparents.
Ben's mum Kerry appeared on Loose Women today, and revealed that her own mum is still wracked with guilt over his disappearance.
GALLERY: RIP to all the celebrities who passed away last year
RIP to all the celebrities we lost in 2017 slider short
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fa11/020d/cf49/39e8/21ab/celebrity-deaths-died-andy-cunningham-bodger-badger.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Andy Cunningham
Andy Cunningham was best known as the main character and puppeteer on his well-loved children's TV show Bodger & Badger.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fa11/020d/cf49/39e8/21ac/celebrity-deaths-john-heard-home-alone.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
John Heard
John Heard became a household name after starring as father Peter McAllister in the Home Alone films alongside Macaulay Culkin.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fa13/020d/cf49/39e8/21ad/celebrity-deaths-died-peter-saliss.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Peter Sallis
Peter Sallis was a British actor, best known for being the voice of Wallace from the famous Aardman Studios duo Wallace & Gromit.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fa13/020d/cf49/39e8/21ae/celebrity-deaths-died-john-hurt-alien-harry-potter.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Sir John Hurt
Sir John Hurt CBE was a well-known and well-loved British actor. Over his 56-year career, he appeared in over 129 films and many TV roles, with 40 of his characters dying – a record for a mainstream actor.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fa13/020d/cf49/39e8/21af/celebrity-deaths-died-tony-haygarth-emmerdale-chicken-run.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Tony Haygarth
Tony Haygarth was an actor from Liverpool. His career spanned 42 years and saw him star in many films and a lot of stage shows, for which he was nominated for Lauren Olivier Theatre Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fa13/020d/cf49/39e8/21b0/celebrity-deaths-died-chris-cornell.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell was a musician, best known for being the lead singer of rock bands Audioslave and Soundgarden. He also wrote and performed the theme song for Casino Royale, the 2006 James Bond film which was the first to star Daniel Craig as Bond.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fa13/020d/cf49/39e8/21b1/celebrity-deaths-died-bill-paxton-true-lies-apollo-13.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Bill Paxton
Bill Paxton was an American actor whose career spanned 42 years. Starring in big blockbuster films such as The Terminator alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Aliens with Sigourney Weaver, True Lies again with Schwarzenegger and Apollo 13 with Tom Hanks.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fa13/020d/cf49/39e8/21b3/celebrity-deaths-died-john-noakes.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
John Noakes
John Noakes was a TV presenter. He was best known as being the longest-serving presenter of children's TV show Blue Peter, hosting for 12 years and 6 months.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fa13/020d/cf49/39e8/21b5/celebrity-deaths-died-chuck-berry.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is widely acknowledged as being the biggest pioneer of rock 'n' roll, having begun his career in the 50s when the genre was just beginning to come about.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fa13/020d/cf49/39e8/21b6/celebrity-deaths-died-joni-sledge.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Joni Sledge
Joni Sledge was one of the founding members of 70s pop girl group, Sister Sledge, who were known for the massive hits We Are Family, He's The Greatest Dancer and Thinking Of You.
![GORDON KAYE](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fa77/020d/cf49/39e8/21bd/celebrity-deaths-died-gordon-kaye-allo-allo.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Gordon Kaye
Gordon Kaye was an actor from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Although he enjoyed varying success throughout his career, it was in comedy series 'Allo! 'Allo! that he really became a household name.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fb38/020d/cf49/39e8/21d5/tara-palmer-tomkinson-death-perforated-ulcer-brain-tumour-sister-santa-montefiore%20(1).jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
TPT was the original "It Girl" of our time - she was famous for being famous. She paved the way as a 90s socialite, and everyone loved her.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fbb9/020d/cf49/39e8/21ec/sara_coward_the_archers-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Sara Coward
Veteran Archers actor Sara Coward played her character Caroline Sterling on the BBC Radio 4 show for a massive 40 years.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fcfb/020d/cf49/39e8/2203/celebrity-deaths-died-erin-moran-happy-days-joanie-cunningham.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Erin Moran
Erin Moran was an American actress, best known for her role as Joanie Cunningham on US TV show Happy Days alongside Ron Howard and Henry Winkler.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fd2d/020d/cf49/39e8/2209/moray-watson-celebrity-deaths-died-2017-darling-buds-may-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Moray Watson
Moray Watson was a British actor, most famous for his role as Brigadier Arthur Maiford in The Darling Buds Of May alongside David Jason and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fd69/020d/cf49/39e8/2211/sir-roger-moore-died-passed-away-cancer-celebrity-deaths-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Sir Roger Moore
Sir Roger Moore was a British actor best known for playing the iconic role of James Bond in seven of the series' films. With a career spanning 72 years, the 89-year-old actor moved away from acting and became an ambassador for UNICEF in 1991.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fe38/020d/cf49/39e8/222e/coronation-street-legend-roy-barraclough-died4b-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Roy Barraclough
Roy Barraclough was a legendary TV actor whose career spanned five decades. Starring as Alec Gilroy in Coronation Street, he originally started as a bit part in the 70s.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fea1/020d/cf49/39e8/2239/dead-celebrities-carol-lee-scott-grotbags-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Carol Lee Scott
Carol Lee Scott was a British entertainer, best known for her role as the titular character in children's TV programme Grotbags.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/fec6/020d/cf49/39e8/223d/dead-celebrities-chester-bennington-linkin-park-suicide-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington was the lead singer of popular rock band Linkin Park. They enjoyed huge success, winning a multitude of awards.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/ff0d/020d/cf49/39e8/2245/dead-celebrities-hywel-bennett-eastenders-actor-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Hywel Bennett
Hywel Bennett was a Welsh film and TV actor, possibly best known as the title character in Shelley and as gangster Jack Dalton in EastEnders, who ordered the killing of Dirty Den Watts in 1989.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/ff41/020d/cf49/39e8/2246/dead-celebrities-robert-hardy-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Robert Hardy
Robert Hardy was a British actor whose career spanned 70 years. He has played Winston Churchill many times, was popular as vet Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small – and also starred in the Harry Potter film series as Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/ff72/020d/cf49/39e8/224b/dead-celebrities-glen-campbell-alzheimers-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell was a country music legend, best known for his hits Rhinestone Cowboy and Wichita Lineman. He was married four times, and had eight children.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/ff8a/020d/cf49/39e8/224f/bruce%20forsyth-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Bruce Forsyth
Bruce Forsyth was arguably one of the most favoured national treasures that the UK has ever produced. His career spanned across 75 years, and the Guinness World Book of Records recognised him as having the longest television career for a male entertainer.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3c/ffe4/020d/cf49/39e8/225d/liz_dawn_died-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Liz Dawn
Liz Dawn was an actress best known for her role as Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street, which she played for 34 years.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3d/0017/020d/cf49/39e8/2263/hugh-hefner-dead-celebrities-2017-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner was an American businessman, magazine publisher and renowned playboy. He created the Playboy magazine in 1953, and stayed as its editor-in-chief.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3d/0046/020d/cf49/39e8/2264/tom-pett-dead-celebrities-2017-1.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Tom Petty
Tom Petty was a world-famous musician who was best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He sold more than 80 million records around the world, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Half of Fame in 2002.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3d/118d/020d/cf49/39e8/23f2/sean-hughes-died.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Sean Hughes
Sean Hughes was a stand-up comedian, comedy writer and actor. He had his own TV show, Sean's Show, and quite often appeared as a guest captain on Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3d/12de/020d/cf49/39e8/2415/iain-rogerson-dead.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Iain Rogerson
Iain Rogerson was a British soap actor, and had appeared in most of the big shows - having parts in Emmerdale, Doctors, Casualty, Heartbeat, The Bill and most prominently, Coronation Street as Harry Flagg, a love interest of Eileen Grimshaw between 2002 - 2004.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3d/183c/020d/cf49/39e8/2461/antonio-carluccio-dead.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Antonio Carluccio
Antonio Carluccio was a world-famous restauranteur who launched the Carluccio's restaurant chain. The celebrity chef, dubbed the "Godfather of Italian cooking", also helped launch the career of Jamie Oliver and was well-known for his appearances on British TV.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3d/1b5d/020d/cf49/39e8/2495/rodney-bewes-died.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Rodney Bewes
Rodney Bewes was a British TV actor best known starring in The Likely Lads as Bob Ferris with his friend James Bolam.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3d/1d1d/020d/cf49/39e8/24ac/keith.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Keith Chegwin
Keith Chegwin was a British TV presenter, well-loved throughout the UK for hosting several children's entertainment shows in the 70s and 80s.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3d/2075/020d/cf49/39e8/24db/heather-north-died.jpeg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Heather North
Heather North was an American TV actress, best known for originating the role of Daphne on the universally-loved children's show, Scooby Doo in 1970.
![dead celebs](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5a3d/225f/020d/cf49/39e8/24f8/david-cassidy-died.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
David Cassidy
David Cassidy was a world-famous musician and actor, best known for his role as Keith Partridge on musical sitcom The Partridge Family and his extensive musical career.
Kerry told the panel that her mum still struggles with the guilt, before directly addressing her mum and telling the camera: "I want you Mum, to know that it’s not your fault. I don’t blame her. I don’t. Yeah, she does still blame herself.
"Because Ben was with my mum that day, I think my mum and dad have lived through the hope of finding Ben and bringing him home to me and that would make it alright, and we haven’t got that."
Kerry added: "She is strong, and I want to ease your pain Mum. Stop feeling guilty and then you might be able to move on with your life a little bit more."
![Ben Needham](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5abb/a568/3156/e425/dd85/debf/ben-needham-mum-grandmother.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
She then opened up about how they still have no answers all these years later, saying: "We’re still in limbo.
"In my mind, Ben is still a missing person. Apart from the toy car that we know belonged to Ben and the piece of sandal - we don’t know if that is Ben’s, we don’t know if that is Ben’s blood on there.
"In our minds, it’s very difficult to accept that he has died. We believe what the police have told us obviously. But, it’s very difficult for us to accept that because we have no concrete proof."
However, Kerry did admit that in the back her mind, she knew that Ben had died - but added that she and her family will "never be able to move on" and would always think of him as a missing person.
![Ben Needham](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5abb/a5c8/3156/e425/dd85/decb/ben-needham-anniversary.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Of course, the family will always hold onto hope that Ben would come back, and Kerry said: "You live like that, that’s what drives you on."
Kerry also spoke about the Madeleine McCann case, as the police investigation into her disappearance 11 years ago was granted more money only yesterday.
She said: "It hurts, it hurts us and it hurts me as Ben’s mum. I’m not taking anything away from it all, she deserves to be found, but so does Ben. We have not had a fraction of that help."
READ MORE | Ben Needham: Everything we know about his disappearance
![Kerry Needham](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5abb/a5f9/3156/e425/dd85/ded3/kerry-needham.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
She added: "I’ve had to fight alone, you know, as a single mum and try to get the help that Ben deserves and that we deserve as a family. It did happen in the end but not to the magnitude that that case has had, which is unfortunate and very, very sad for us."
Kerry added that she would "keep going" and "still do the media interviews" to keep Ben's name alive, adding: "They still deserve to be found and that’s how I feel. I don’t take anything away from anyone else that has got a loved one that’s missing.
"Every person needs to be found. Resources must be put into this. It is unfair, I don’t take it that I’m the only one in the world that feels like this every day waking up without your child. It’s horrendous for every parent."
WATCH: Closer Confidential - your sneak peek into this week's issue
What do you make of Kerry Needham's comments? Let us know over on Facebook and Twitter.
READ MORE...
Kerry Needham defends Kate and Gerry McCann after Jodie Marsh's comments