T. J. Jackson (singer) had been in attendance, including Michael's children Prince, Paris and Blanket (Prince II). On August 25, 2012, a judge granted TJ guardianship over Michael Jackson's children Michael Joseph "Prince" Jackson Jr., Paris Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael "Blanket" Jackson II along with his grandmother Katherine Jackson. On November 1, 2017, Jackson resigned as co-guardian of Michael's youngest son, Blanket. Jackson stated her reasons for resigning included her own advanced age, the fact that Michael's older children Prince and Paris were now adults, and that Blanket was now 15 years old. T.J. Jackson was, without objection, awarded sole custody of Blanket.
Merchant Prince II a "cheap reissue" and pardoned it only because of the difficulty of finding the original DOS games. "Computer Gaming World" opened its review, ""Merchant Prince 2" is the kind of title that gives strategy gaming a bad name," and concluded with, "Mainstream consumers pulled in by the fascinating topic are—once again—going to feel ripped off, confused, dumb, and jaded toward turn-based strategy games." Kent Conrad found the implementation of the research tree "half-baked" and ended his review with "There is a good game hiding inside of "Merchant Prince II", and that game is "Machiavelli: The Prince". Get that instead." Merchant