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Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner at Ivana Trump's memorial service: 'Mom, I love you today, every day'
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The children of the late Ivana Trump bid farewell to their mother with emotional speeches.
Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr. - Ivana and Donald Trump's children - reportedly gushed about Ivana's zest for action, her "heart of gold" at Wednesday's funeral - and gave intimate insights into her tough upbringing.
Son Eric described his mother as the personification of the American dream, reports the New York Times, among others.
She was like a mixture of entertainer Joan Rivers and model Claudia Schiffer.
"She had brains, she was beautiful and she had courage," Eric is quoted as saying.
As a mother, she raised her children "with an iron fist and a heart of gold."
Donald Trump Junior reportedly told how it looked in practice: When he was a little kid, he misbehaved at a seafood restaurant in New York's Hamptons.
His mother then dragged him to the toilet and showed him “what Eastern European discipline really means”.
When it was over, the native Czech said to him: "And if you cry, we'll come back here and do it again." On the other hand, she has had many attacks against the Trumps in recent years was always willing to listen and offered to move back in with her, Donald Jr. said.
Party until four o'clock
Ivana Trump was apparently also able to celebrate: her mother once made fun of her, daughter Ivanka Trump said, because the daughter said goodbye to a party in Saint-Tropez at one o'clock in the morning.
Her mother didn't go home until four o'clock.
And then there was the matter of the clothes: Ivana apparently accused Ivanka of dressing too modestly.
"My miniskirts weren't mini enough," Ivanka said.
She is sure that her mother is now looking down on her from above: "Mom, I love you today, every day."
Ivana Trump died last week at her home on Manhattan's Upper East Side near Central Park.
According to the forensic medicine, she died as a result of an accident.
Born in what is now the Czech Republic, Ivana Trump had worked as an athlete, businesswoman and model, among other things, and was married to Donald Trump between 1977 and 1992.
The former US President was also present at the funeral service, accompanied by his third wife Melania Trump.
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