(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Michael Jacksons mother has made a conscious decision to unmask his children so they can have a more normal life.

Pop icon Michael passed away in June 2009 of acute Propofol intoxication by intravenous injection of another. Propofol is a powerful anaesthetic usually given to surgery patients to help them sleep, and Michaels personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray has pleaded not guilty to his involuntary manslaughter.

Since his death Michaels mom Katherine has been caring for his three kids, Prince Michael, 14, Paris, 12 and nine year old Prince Michael II, known as Blanket. While he was alive Michael was renowned for keeping his children out of the limelight. He made them cover their faces in public and they were schooled at home, but Katherine has decided to relax things.

Its something which my mother had made a decision on. She felt she wanted to unmask the kids, she wanted them to be normal and they love it, Michaels sister La Toya explained to TV Guide's Julie Moran, in an interview airing this weekend.

Theyre doing very well, extremely well, Im very proud of them. Its interesting because Paris said to me, Auntie La Toya you look just like my father, when I see you it reminds me of my father. And I said, Really? she goes, Yeah.

La Toya also spoke about how she discovered her brother had died. She was on her way to see him after discovering he had been hospitalised when her mother imparted the news, with La Toya explaining Katherine could find no easy way to explain what had happened.

I was on the way to the hospital and I asked to speak to my mothers assistant. I said, Can you tell me which building you guys are in or where you are? She grabbed the phone and goes, 'He's dead', as loud as she could. She was overwhelmed by sadness and that just blurted out of her mouth, La Toya said. When I arrived there [the hospital] she was just sitting there with the kids all in her lap crying. (C) Cover Media