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Jackson famously dangled his newborn son, Prince Michael II — also known as “Blanket” — over a Berlin hotel balcony four stories up while greeting fans In November. He later apologized for the incident, calling it “a terrible mistake.”
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One day after showing Blanket to fans, he presented his daughter, Paris (now 11), on the balcony of his suite at the Adlon Hotel in Berlin, Germany, on Nov. 20. "Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child," the late singer has said.
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After a meeting, Jackson took Prince and Paris -- his two children with ex Debbie Rowe -- shopping at The Sharper Image in Beverly Hills in April. The store closed down for the kids, who were also joined by their aunt LaToya Jackson. Two hours later, Jackson and his children, who kept their faces hidden with Spider-man masks, left.
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While on vacation on the island of Kauai in Hawaii in March, Jackson never left his private beachside villa, but his two children, Prince (now 12) and Paris, played in the sand on one occasion. They were accompanied by their nannies.
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The King of Pop held the hands of his two oldest kids as they visited famous department store Harrods in London in October.
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Paris and Blanket -- now 7 years old, he was born to a surrogate mother whose identity has not been revealed -- went to Circus Circus in Las Vegas in January with their 42-year-old nanny, Grace Rwaramba. Rwaramba, who has worked for Jackson for more than a decade, started out as an office assistant.
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Jackson played around with his children's disguises while at L.A.'s LAX airport in November. "When I see children, I see the face of God," the pop star has said. "That's why I love them so much. That's what I see."
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Blanket and Paris joined their dad and older brother Prince for games at the New York, New York Hotel in Las Vegas in December. The family played in the arcade for 30 minutes and rode the attraction's roller coaster.
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Paris and Prince wore baseball caps as they left through a side exit after watching a 90-minute Ronn Lucas comedy puppet show in Las Vegas in January. "[My] children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone," Jackson has said. "This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be lived."
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Jackson and his three kids visited a Las Vegas bookstore in May. Paris, Blanket and Prince perused the children's section while their dad browsed music books.
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Although they often wore masks in public, Jackson's children donned masks for a more traditional reason. In October, Blanket, Paris and Prince went trick-or-treating in Hollywood a few days before Halloween.
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Jackson stopped to talk to some female friends while shopping with this three kids -- who wore feathery Mardi Gras-style masks -- in West Hollywood in April.
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The kids donned their feather masks again in May. After a doctor appointment in Beverly Hills, Jackson took them to a nearby toy store.
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Jackson walked with Paris and Prince through a studio parking lot in L.A. on a rainy June morning. The kids didn't don masks until they realized they could be seen from the street. "If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with," Jackson has said.
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