Katherine Jackson hated kids' face masks
Michael Jackson's mother Katherine hated it when he made his children hide behind masks in public and vowed to ditch the bizarre accessories when she was asked to help raise the youngsters after the King of Pop's death.
Jackson famously put veils over the faces of sons Prince and Blanket and daughter Paris whenever they were out and about to ensure no one knew what they looked like.
His mother insists her son was only trying to protect the kids from
the glare of publicity, but since his death the children have often
been seen in public without the face coverings after Katherine
vowed to let the youngsters lead a normal life.
She tells Hello! magazine, "They were sheltered a lot when Michael
raised them. I had thought about it and I said, 'I am not going to
raise them like that.' I didn't like the way it looked anyway, but
Michael had a good reason. He kept their faces veiled so nobody
would know what they looked like and they could play like normal
kids. He was trying to protect them."
Jackson died from an accidental overdose of anesthetic in June,
2009, and Katherine has since assumed shared legal guardianship of
Prince, 16, Paris, 15, and 11 year old Blanket.