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Michael Jackson’s mother is being paid more than $86,000 a month by the late singer’s estate.

The money covers her living expenses and the expenses of the King of Pop’s three children, legal papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court today reveal.

Katherine Jackson will receive $26,804 a month for her expenses.

In addition she will control an extra $60,000 a month for food, clothing, education and entertainment for the children – sons Michael Jr, 12, and Prince Michael, seven; and daughter Paris, 11.

The estate began paying the allowances last month, retroactive to the singer’s June 25 death. According to a budget for Katherine Jackson, the family matriarch’s monthly expenses include salaries for a housekeeper ($2,080), driver ($2,000), as well as $3,500 for clothing and $1,000 for grooming.

According to the papers, Jackson’s estate is estimated to be worth more than $500million.

Jackson’s father and siblings are not mentioned in the court papers.

The administrators’ lawyers said “no individuals other than the minor children and Mrs Jackson are entitled to a family allowance in this estate”.

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Britain’s Got Talent sensation Shaheen Jafargholi put on a stunning performance in honour of Michael Jackson, at the King of Pop’s public memorial.

The 12-year-old from Wales belted out the Jackson 5 hit Who’s Lovin’ You, before paying tribute to his hero Jacko.

He said: “I just want to say I love Michael Jackson.

“And… I just want to thank him so much for blessing me and every single individual on this earth with such amazing music.

“And just, ‘Thank you very much.’ I love you Michael Jackson.”

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Fans have flocked to a tree stump in Stockton, California, where the King Of Pop’s face mysteriously appeared just days after his death.

Felix Garcia spotted the likeness as he was gardening and considers its appearance to be a spiritual sign.

“I was standing by that bush, and I looked up and saw that image here,” Garcia said.

“I walked up to it, and I said, ‘man, this looks like Michael Jackson’.”

Since his discovery, Garcia said neighbours and complete strangers have been dropping by to take a look.

Neighbour Juanita Hernandez agrees Jackson can be seen in the stump.

She said: “You can see it. There’s something there.”

Garcia said he believed the image most resembled Jackson in his early twenties before plastic surgery.

“I just hope it lasts a long time. I hope to take some pictures of it and blow them up because there are a lot of people who loved him,” Garcia said

Michael Jackson had made it clear he would not agree to his London comeback shows unless controversial doctor Conrad Murray traveled with him.

The superstar so trusted Dr Murray – currently wanted for interviews by L.A. officials probing Jacko’s death – he wanted him with him at all times.

And he made it clear he wanted Dr Murray and not London’s finest medical minds to be with him when he finally came to Britain.

Randy Phillips, president and CEO of concert promoter AEG LIVE, said it was “almost a contractual condition” that Jackson have Dr. Murray at his side.

AEG officials told Jackson that “some of the best doctors in the world are in London” and that it “would make sense” to have those on call.

But Phillips said Jackson “insisted emphatically” on Murray and said that the doctor was prepared to go on sabbatical from his practice.

And to keep Jackson happy Phillips says AEG was preparing to advance Murray a “significant” amount of money to be with Jackson in London, with the plan to have traveled next week and stayed through next March

“Michael told me personally that he trusted this man,” Phillips said.

It was unclear how long Murray had been Jackson’s physician. Tohme Tohme, a family spokesman, said Murray had been in the position for about a year, but Phillips said he understood the relationship had been going on about three years. Tohme Tohme says the doctor had been summoned to actually live with Jackson about two weeks ago.

Phillips said Murray, who tried to resuscitate the fading Jackson inside his Bel Air home, was at the hospital when he arrived.

“He was there, very distraught all day. I saw him,” he said. “He could barely talk.”

Murray spoke briefly with investigators at UCLA Medical Center on Thursday and cops later impounded the silver BMW he had been using in search of clues leading to Jackson’s perplexing death.

Source: Splash News