Michael's Children

This page is dedicated to Michael's three beautiful children: Prince, Paris and Blanket.



Prince



Photo's above:
Left: Prince, age 1, in his bedroom (1998).
Middle: Prince, age 9, attending 'Circus Circus' in Las Vegas (January 2007).
Right: Prince, age 11, in a Las Vegas bookstore (April 2008).

Michael's oldest child is 11-year-old Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. He was born on February 13, 1997, in Los Angeles, California, at 1:AM, weighing 6 pounds and 10 ounce. Michael Jr.'s nickname is "Prince" or "Prince Michael I". Elizabeth Taylor and Macaulay Culkin are his and his younger sister Paris' godparents.
Officially released photo's of baby Prince were published in Life Magazine, OK! Magazine and Paris Match Magazine. In an interview with OK! Magazine in 1997, Michael talked about his son and about being a father ("I'm in bliss 24 hours a day."). This interview can be found and read here.
Prince has half-long blond hair and dark brown eyes. Jonathan Margolis, writer of the article "Wacko? No, he's a good father!", wrote about Prince: "Prince has a solemn face, but an impish nature and a relentless curiosity. Although he is surrounded by staff eager to do his father's bidding, I found no hint of arrogance in the little boys manner." In an TV Guide Interview (November 2001) Michael said that 'Prince likes to tease, to the point where you want to pull his hair.' Prince loves Star Wars and Spiderman and he likes to make movies with action figures. Aunty Janet gave him a computer in 2000 and he called her to thank her.
Prince appeared in 'Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies', Part 9, together with his sister. They were asked what books they like to read and Prince said: "I like to read Snow White." The Private Home Movies contain footage from 2001 and 2002, showing the children at home and outdoors with their daddy. Their faces are blurred, and they are masked or veiled in public. Michael says: "I love and adore my children. They mean everything to me. When they’re in public though, I conceal their faces, 'cause I don’t want… I want my children protected. At home, they have a normal life, they play with other kids and they have a good time, they’re laughing a lot. They run around, they even go to school. It’s a normal life for them. But in public, I must protect them."
Prince also appeared in the documentary 'Living With Michael Jackson'. It showed him, Paris and Michael going shopping and visiting a Berlin zoo. When asked why he didn't like Star Wars 2, 5-year-old Prince -wearing a butterfly mask- said: "Because it's boring and slow." In the same documentary, Prince said: "I love you!" to two fans.
Michael about his hopes for his son's future: "I want him to grow up being surrounded by love and family, to recieve the best education I can provide him with, to discover and develop his talents, and to use his resources to make life better for those less fortunate than he."



Paris



Photo's above:
Left: Paris, 8 months old, being held by Omer Bhatti (Christmas 1998).
Middle: Paris, age 7, standing at LAX with brother Prince at the day of the London bombings (July 2005).
Right: Paris, age 10, dressed up as a butterfly for Halloween (October 2008).

Michael's second child and only daughter is 10-year-old Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson. She was born on April 3, 1998, in the Spalding Pain Medical Clinic in Beverly Hills, at 6:26 AM, weighing 7lbs 7oz and 20 1/2" long. Several of Michael's family state that he calls his daughter 'Peaches' in the privacy of his home.
Although there are many officially released photo's of Prince published in several magazines, there is just one official photo of Paris. This photo is also the only officially released photo of Michael, Debbie, Prince and Paris together. Baby Paris' face is blurred.
Paris has lovely long, wavy, brown hair and blue/green eyes. She wears dainty, lacy and slightly dated velvet dresses. Michael said how surprised he was that Paris turned out to be a girly-girl, because he thought she would be a tomboy, just like her aunty Janet. He also said that she walks past the dolls that he bought her, but that she loves the dolls she picks out herself. In the 'Private Home Movies', Paris said that she loves to read Peter Pan. When asked what she wants to be when she grows up, she said: "I'm gonna be like my daddy."
In 'Living With Michael Jackson', Michael asked Paris whether she wanted to run, but Paris said: "No, I want to hold your hand." Paris, four, wanted to hold her daddy's hand all the time, and when Michael had to sign autographs, Paris kept pulling his shirt, and nanny Grace had to hold both her hands.
Michael's children are allowed just one toy each when they go shopping, and they are not allowed to refer to toys as 'mine' when they have friends over. They say Grace before meals, speak in sentences rather than monosyllabic American grunts and are forbidden, like many children, from using rude language. Jonathan Margolis even said that Prince and Paris are 'among the best behaved, least spoilt and most balanced of children.' Jonathan Margolis about Paris: "Paris was tiny when I knew her, with a cute, pointy little face. She would always compete with Prince to be the first to jump on Dad's knee." Paris wrote a note to her daddy during the trial. It was scrawled on the blackboard. "I love you more than that... Get well soon. Love, Paris."



Blanket



Photo's above:
Left: Blanket, age 5-6, in a Las Vegas bookstore (December 2007).
Middle: Blanket, age 6, in a Las Vegas bookstore (October 2008).
Right: Blanket, age 6, dressed up for Halloween (October 2008).

Michael's third and youngest child is 7-year-old "Blanket". His story is very unknown. Michael has said that his real name is Prince Michael II, but because "Prince Michael I" is actually named Michael Jr., Blanket's real name is probably Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. III.
Michael about why he calls his youngest son "Blanket": "Because it's an expression I use with my family and my employees. I say 'you should blanket me' or 'you should blanket her', meaning like a blanket is a blessing. It's a way of showing love and caring." "So the third one is Blanket, and Blanket is really sweet."
The identity of Blanket’s mother has never been released.
There is a lot of speculation on Blanket’s date of birth. It’s been widely reported that Michael Jackson’s second son was about eight or nine months old when he was hung over a Berlin Balcony in August 2002. The fans who saw baby Blanket for the first time, however, say that he was probably born in February or March, 2002, making him five or six months old at the time of the balcony incident. But Blanket, who appeared in ‘Living With Michael Jackson’ just one day after the balcony incident, gives the impression to be older than five or six months. Since Michael Jackson took his youngest son on a shopping trip on November 3 2008, there has been speculation on the fan forums that this is Blanket’s birthday. We cannot draw any conclusions, but we assume that Blanket was born late 2001.
Blanket has long, dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. Blanket appears to be dressing like his daddy. In January 2006, when he, his older brother and sister, his daddy and nanny Grace stayed in Hamburg with friends, a fan sent a hat in to Michael to be autographed. Blanket loved the hat so much, that Michael passed on a message asking if they could do a trade. Blanket was allowed to keep the hat, and the fan got one of Blanket's T-Shirts, signed by his daddy: "Blanket's shirt. Love, Michael."
In the Take 2 Interview (Footage you were never meant to see) Michael tells that Prince and Paris told him: "Thank you for giving us a little brother."