Jackson apologises

Michael Jackson has apologised after dangling his 9-month-old son over a fourth-floor hotel balcony.

“I made a terrible mistake,” he said. “I got caught up in the excitement of the moment. I would never intentionally endanger the lives of my children.”

The boy, his legs kicking, had a white cloth over his head as Jackson held him out over the iron rail of the balcony of the luxurious Adlon Hotel in Berlin.

The King of Pop said he got carried away when fans below the window asked to see the child.

Prince Michael II is the reclusive singer’s third and youngest child.