EXCLUSIVE - 'Madonna betrayed us over our daughter Mercy': Orphan's family attack pop diva over 'white foreigners' who take babies from Africa

• Mercy James' grandparents say they are desperate to see their little girl
• They accuse star of betraying promise to keep her close to her roots
• Grandfather: 'She has my blood flowing in her veins, I want to see her'
• 'White foreigners who take our children have no understanding of our culture'
• Discovered Mercy was in Malawi thanks to MailOnline and newspapers
• Madonna 'is giving Mercy good schooling but we want to see her'

Madonna has been accused of 'betraying' the family of her adopted daughter Mercy - as they issued a desperate plea to be allowed to see her.

The grandparents of Mercy James have accused the star of cutting them out of her life and failing to meet a promise to keep her close to her roots.

They also attacked 'white foreigners' for taking children away from Africa. Saxon Maunde, grandfather of Mercy James who was adopted by Madonna in 2009, told MailOnline: 'Nobody has told me a thing about Mercy being in the country or about her welfare since she left us.

'She has my blood flowing in her veins. It is preposterous that I am not made aware of anything regarding her development.' The 69-year-old, who ekes out a living selling pots from a roadside stall, added that Madonna had, 'broken my heart and hearts of my family members,' saying that, 'she has shown no humanity at all towards us.' Read more