The british tabloid newspaper the News of the world had an extended interview with the
two nannies who looked after Mayte during her pregnancy in 1996.,documenting their
version of what happened during the  tragic week leading from their newborn son's birth
to death.A few days later it was announced that Michael Jackson had named his newborn
son Prince Michael Jackson.I had previously typed up the 2 articles in the paper by the
nannies,Arlene and Irlene Mojica,and sent them 2 the PPML,the Paisley park mailing list,a digest 4 fans of
Prince/0(+> to discuss him,so that people outside  the Uk could read it and judge 4
themselves  whether what was said was true at all.Suffice 2 say it generated a lot of controversy.
I subsequently submitted this spoof article in  a later PPML,as a way 2 dilute the heated stream oof conversation,
and also cuz I thought people would find it sick-funny!

News of the World 23rd March 1997.
Article reproduced without permission.

Prince:"I am Michael Jackson's Lovechild."
Bizarre truth behind secret the star kept for 38 years.
By Simon Quinn in Hollywood.

Prince has revealed exclusively to the News of The World
that his real-life father is in fact - fellow pop superstar
Michael Jackson."Like his newborn son,I too was concieved
in a test-tube,where I lived for the first 3 years of my
life.That's the reason why I am so short,I was confined to
a glass tube for too long in my early years,I should really
be 6 ft 7 ",pines the tiny superstar."I made up my very first
song  when I was banging on the tube with my rattle for some
warm milk and rusks", he remembered fondly.
  The purple popster reveals what life really was like
in Jackson's mythical Neverneverland home."Growing up there
was fun at times,as Dad had a lot of animals I could play with.
There was a beautiful doe called Bambi who I loved with all my
heart from the first time I saw her.I spent hours watching her
frolicking with the other female deer,and I made up a song about
her too",recalls the singer."Dad also had some doves which he
would release into my room when I was young,I used to catch them
and poke my fingers in their eyes,I made up a song about that
too",he reminisced.Shortly after ,his father banned him from
playing with the animals on the Neverneverland ranch."Dad never
gave me any other toys to play with",he recalls,"So I used to
play with whatever came to hand.I made up a LOT of songs about
THAT", the star smirked.
  When Prince grew out of his romper suits ,reaching the grand
height of 3 feet when he was 28 years old,his father bought him
a luxury play pen and called it Paisley Park,where Prince
discovered lots of new toys,which made all sorts of sounds."Dad
encouraged me to play all sorts of instruments,and he even
recorded me singing ,secretly.He used to keep some good songs
for himself and sold the rest to Joe and Jim Warner,the brothers
across the street.Dad's very rich indeed,but I never saw those
songs again",remembers the star bitterly.
   When Prince reached the age of 32,his father noticed he was
getting lonely,so Prince recalls:"Dad and aunt Latoya collected
up all the cut-offs from their plastic surgery and created Mayte
for me to play with."Prince and Mayte fell in love and got
 married,"Mayte makes me feel complete.I think she and I were the
same person earlier in life",beams the star.
  At the age of 35,his father ordered him to change his name,so
 that Michael could call any future children Prince.The star
says:"I didn't really know any other names,and I could never
spell properly,I always thought '2,4,r,u,cuz and sho'nuf' were
proper words",insists the star."So I made up a symbol for a name
out of thin air and Dad went along with it",laughs the star.
  Looking back,,as he now calls himself,can remember the good
times with his famous father,but is glad to have broken free from
the fantasy that is Neverneverland."I wish my father and new
brother  all the happiness in the world,little Prince is welcome
to my old cast-offs,they should fit him in a few days",chuckles
the star."But really,I am glad to  have found happiness in my new
 life with Mayte,Dad was just TOOO WEIRD".

"Don't abuse children..or they'll turn out like me!"-Prince,1994.

I later added 2 it :

In  the  Chris Rock interview 0(+>   talked about living and
 working with his father Michael Jackson.I saw the full
 interview,(an edited one was shown in the US),where he said
the following to Chris Rock:

"When I was young,I used to have lots of little  friends over,Dad
 almost insisted on it,mainly boys though,for some reason.He can
 be very generous when he wants to be,rewarding me and my friends
 if we're good.I remember my friend Jordy,Dad once gave him
 millions of dollars just for keeping quiet,that's the kind of
 man my Dad is!
"I remember my first real argument with my Dad.We were sitting
at the breakfast table in 1987,about to eat,not an extravagant
meal,nothing but a muffin,but not a lot of butter to go.Dad was
reading the paper,well,he was engrossed in the funnies to be
 honest,looking at Peanuts,he loves looking at the pictures of
little kids does Dad.Anyway ,there was both of us with our
muffin,and only one pat of butter between us.I got in first and
spread it on my snack,Dad looked over from his cartoon and was
horrified,he said to me "You're bad,really really bad,you're bad
and you know it."I apologized to him,but he wouldn't have it.He
later made up a song about this event,and tried to get me to duet
with him on it,but I said no.The first line of that song was
"Your butter's mine.I said ,whose singing that to who.I ain't
singing it to you,and you certainly ain't singing it to me".
Ownership of the butter had never been established ,you dig?

Simon Quinn.
"Don't stop me now,I'm on a roll.Butter.On a roll.Get it!"