表明する Yourself! This is the poignant 推論する／理由 Madonna is happy to be upstaged by her talented children on her 祝賀 小旅行する
It's surely hard to upstage Madonna, a popstar who has been hell-bent on shocking audiences for １０年間s.
But on the 開始 night of her 祝賀 小旅行する in London this month, there were five performers who did steal the limelight from the 65-year-old icon.
Two ダンサーs delighted fans with their moves, while one musician …を伴ってd Madonna on the piano and another strummed the guitar, 明らかにする-chested and wearing a cowboy hat.
This 支援 group wasn't, however, a troupe of 雇うd professionals but her children. And, while one associate has rather sourly 観察するd they are 'more a 教団 of personality than a family', there's no 疑問ing that Madonna's offspring are at the centre of her life and, like latter-day 出身の Trapps, enjoy 成し遂げるing en famille.
Into the groove: Madonna with (from left) Mercy, David, Rocco and Lourdes, and (前線) twins Stella and Estere
Madonna on 行う／開催する／段階 at London's O2 this month with her son David on guitar
It's the youngest ― 11-year-old twins Estere and Stella ― who dance every night on 行う／開催する／段階. 一方／合間, Mercy, 17, is the ピアニスト and son David, 18, impresses on guitar. And on the 開始 night her eldest, Lourdes ― her daughter with Carlos Leon ― （機の）カム on 行う／開催する／段階 to celebrate her 27th birthday.
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It is, however, the four youngest, all 可決する・採択するd from Malawi, who have continued to appear as the 小旅行する moved on to Belgium and then Denmark.
Sources say the 計画（する） is for them to be 現在の on every one of the 70-加える dates before the 小旅行する finishes in April. Only Rocco, her 23-year-old son, has 拒絶する／低下するd to join his mother under the 有望な lights.
Of the siblings in her showbiz ギャング（団）, the 星／主役にする is David Banda who, Madonna says, is the child most like her.
He seems to have the talent and, crucially, the 運動 and ambition that saw his mother 逃げる the obscurity of Bay City, Michigan for New York, then work her way to 全世界の cultural 支配.
As Madonna told told British Vogue in 2019: 'What [David] has is 焦点（を合わせる） and 決意. I'm pretty sure he got it from me. He's the one I have the most in ありふれた with. I feel he gets me; he has more of my デオキシリボ核酸 than any of my children so far.'
David also 株 his mother's flamboyance ― he was recently seen 提起する／ポーズをとるing in sparkling horns and a cheerleader outfit after a theatre 業績／成果 in LA ― and lives with her in New York.
He was running dance moves with Madonna on TikTok just a few days before her 崩壊（する） from a 'bacterial 感染' in June, which left her in 集中的な care.
Indeed, the David-Madonna 関係 is so tight she moved her entire 世帯 to Lisbon from 2017 to 2019 so he could 追求する his dream of a 契約 with Benfica 青年 football team.
開始 the Madame X 小旅行する in 2019, she 反映するd that Lisbon hadn't been a total success. 'I moved to Lisbon to be a サッカー mom. I thought it would be adventurous. But 設立する myself alone, without friends, a little bit bored,' she said.
Happily for all 関心d, David now appears destin ed to follow her into showbusiness. 現在／一般に, he has 利益／興味s in dancing, 事実上の／代理, comedy and playing music.
For Madonna, having her kids on 小旅行する has been 特に meaningful. She says the 感染 that almost killed her has made her understand the importance of her 関係s with her children.
支払う／賃金ing 尊敬の印 to them on Instagram, she said: 'You can get caught up in the needs of your children and the seemingly endless giving. But when the 半導体素子s were 負かす／撃墜する, my children showed up for me. It made all the difference.'
On 行う／開催する／段階 in Antwerp this week, the singer 繰り返し言うd how illness had brought the maternal 関係 into 焦点（を合わせる） and paid 尊敬の印 to her mother, who died when Madonna was just five.
'いっそう少なく than four months ago, I was in the hospital and unconscious and people were thinking that I might not make it,' she said. 'My mother, God bless her, she must be watching over me. She said, "Girl, it's not your time to go." I suddenly had sympathy for my mother, not about the dying part but how lonely she must have felt 存在 in hospital, knowing that she wasn't going to live.
'I was given another chance, so I'm very 感謝する for that.'
But while her mother was just 30 when she died, the singer has done most of her own mothering in her 40s and beyond. She was 38 when Lourdes was born, and 58 when she 可決する・採択するd Stella and Estere.
Her maternal 旅行 began when her on-off 関係 with fitness trainer Carlos Leon left her 推定する／予想するing Lourdes in 1996. As a little girl Lourdes ― 愛称d Lola ― showed talent as a ダンサー and Madonna sent her to classes from the age of three. 'My mom really went hard for that, once she saw there was 可能性のある,' Lourdes has said.
Insiders 示唆する that Madonna was always far harder on her than her younger brother Rocco. Madonna married his father, British film director Guy Ritchie, when Lourdes was four.
Both children had a disciplined life, with television only at 週末s and a macrobiotic diet. Time with Madonna was scheduled into her diary weeks in 前進する, in 15-minute increments. 'The 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of things I wasn't 許すd to do is never-ending,' Lourdes has said.
She now lives in New York with her long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 boyfriend and is said to be surprisingly 国内の. Having tried modelling, choreography and dance, she 解放（する）d her debut 選び出す／独身 Lock&重要な last year.
Rocco has also tussled with Madonna over 問題／発行するs of 支配（する）／統制する. Born 未熟に in LA in 2000, he is the only child who has truly struck out on his own. In 2015, he 選ぶd to live with his father and his wife, actress Jacqui Ainsley, with whom Ritchie has three children, which 誘発するd a 簡潔な／要約する 保護／拘留 戦う／戦い.
報告（する）／憶測s 示唆する that a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 over Madonna 押収するing Rocco's 動きやすい was the final straw. He …に出席するd sixth form in North London before becoming an artist and remains based in the 資本／首都. Now Madonna couldn't be prouder of him, and visited his gallery on the eve of her first 小旅行する date.
David Banda and Madonna 成し遂げる during The 祝賀 小旅行する at The O2 on October 15
David's 採択 ― his mother was dead and his father unable to look after him ― 原因（となる）d a 熱狂的興奮状態 at the time because Madonna didn't 会合，会う the 合法的な 必要物／必要条件 of an 18-month residency in the country
On 小旅行する, when Madonna sings Mother and Father she is …を伴ってd by David on guitar and images of both their late mothers
Rocco is said to be very の近くに to David Banda, who was born in Malawi in 2005, and 可決する・採択するd by Madonna and Guy Ritchie の直前に they 分裂（する）.
But David's 採択 ― his mother was dead and his father unable to look after him ― 原因（となる）d a 熱狂的興奮状態 at the time because Madonna didn't 会合，会う the 合法的な 必要物／必要条件 of an 18-month residency in the country. She later said: 'Every newspaper said I kidnapped him. I was thinking, "Wait a minute. I'm trying to save somebody's life. I did everything by the 調書をとる／予約する." That was a real low point ... I would cry myself to sleep.'
On 小旅行する, when Madonna sings Mother and Father she is …を伴ってd by David on guitar and images of both their late mothers. On his 18th birthday she wrote: 'You are growing into a truly remarkable human 存在! We are all so proud of you! You light up like the brightest 星／主役にする.'
Then there are the girls. Mercy, now 17, was 可決する・採択するd by Madonna in 2009. Madonna 述べるs her as: 'The kindest, most thoughtful, most magical girl on the 惑星!' Twins Stella and Estere were 可決する・採択するd in 2017, 老年の five.
Madonna told People magazine: 'It's like they were always here. It didn't take long for them to get acclimatised.'
Both of them sing and dance. Estere has been 選ぶd out by audiences as a 星／主役にする in the making for her moves. It's understood that 教えるs are …を伴ってing the three youngest on 小旅行する.
反映するing on Mother's Day this year, Madonna wrote: 'To say that I am proud of my child ren sounds arrogant or 暗示するs 所有権. Better to say they are all 向こうずねing 星／主役にするs, and I'm happy their souls chose me to be their mother.
'And, dear Mother, wherever you are, I hope you are happy with your grandchildren!! I often imagine you singing and dancing with us in the kitchen!'
There seems little 疑問 that had Madonna 上級の lived she would have been delighted with them ― and やめる かもしれない 招待するd on 行う／開催する／段階 herself!
