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The day I called Jackson's daughter 'Sausage' and caused a security alert; Prince Charles's wedding photographer describes his extraordinary assignment with the King of Pop.

Publication: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Publication Date: 29-JUN-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The day I called Jackson's daughter 'Sausage' and caused a security alert; Prince Charles's wedding photographer describes his extraordinary assignment with the King of Pop.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Hugo Burnand

MICHAEL JACKSON'S people telephoned my staff in London and asked whether I would be available to photograph him. I had very recently photographed the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles and this was one of the rewards, getting commissions that had previously been out of reach.

Jackson's staff wanted me to be in the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, and they wanted me now -- he had just arrived at Heathrow, and the shoot must happen this afternoon, they said.

A few hours later I was in the Dorchester, with my dreams of a beautiful, personal and insightful portrait -- but the plans changed.

Jackson had decided that his children should see his waxwork at Madame Tussauds, and that this was to be "the picture". The Madame Tussauds...



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