Diana Ross' daughter breaks silence on what her mum was really like

The daughters of Diana Ross says the pop icon was a supreme-ly good mother - which was more important to her than fame. The former Supremes singer, dubbed "The Queen of Motown", kicks off her solo UK tour in Birmingham on June 22. And grandmother-of-eight Diana, 81, has vowed "I'll never retire" despite battling a string of health issues including breast cancer.

But actress daughter Tracee, 52, said: "The most important thing to my mother was not fame, it was her children; waking us up for school, sitting for dinner and giving us a genuine, anchored real family life."

Eldest child Rhonda, 53, also a singer, said: "Somehow my mother raised five children and we're not in and out of marriages, or rehab, or jail, and we don't have a reality show."

Diana's tour includes gigs in Nottingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and London. She also appears at the Henley Festival on July 9.