Kathy Hilton Speaks Out About Katherine Jackson

Kathy Hilton spoke to People Magazine about the recent loss of her friend Michael Jackson and about the fate of his three children.

Hilton said she was devastated by the death of Jackson, who she called a "special friend." "I have never lost anybody that I went to school with that I was close to in a friendship that lasted all these years," said Hilton. Jackson and Hilton first met when they were teenagers.

Hilton said that Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson would be a positive guardian for the kids. Katherine was granted full custody of the singer's three children, Prince Michael 12, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael II, 7.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff approved the agreement last week by attorneys for Katherine and Debbie Rowe reports the Los Angeles Times. Rowe was granted visitation and legal parental rights to her biological children, Prince Michael I and Paris.

"I adore Mrs. Jackson. Katherine is the rock," said Hilton. "It is like Camp Jackson, all of those kids. All the aunts, the uncles, the children come there. She plays Scrabble with them. She loves it. I think that's what keeps her really young," said Hilton.