OPENING UP ABOUT THEIR CLOSE BOND KATHY AND NICKY HILTON ON FAMILY TIES AND MAKING MEMORIES WITH THE NEXT GENERATION

For more than 40 years, Kathy Hilton has been raising her children with the basic rule of being kind and true to yourself.

- REBECCA LEWIS

And now her three oldest – Paris, 43, Nicky, 40, and Barron, 34 – are all passing that motto on to their own children.

“I’ve got four wonderful children, a wonderful husband – we just celebrated 43 years of marriage – and I have eight incredible grandchildren that give me and Rick so much joy and, most of all, to watch my son and my daughters enjoying this chapter,” Kathy – who also has son Conrad, 30, with husband Rick – tells HELLO! in an exclusive interview.

Her daughter Nicky, who is married to James Rothschild and is mum to three children, adds: “My mom has always taught me to be true to myself and to always lead with kindness, always be grateful.”

Kathy, 65, is “Kiki” to eight grandchildren: Nicky’s daughters Lila Grace, seven, and six-year-old Teddy, and her son Chasen, two; Paris’s son Phoenix, one, and daughter London, six months, with husband Carter Reum; and Barron and wife Tessa’s three children, Milou, four, Caspian, two, and three-month-old Apollo.

STAYING CLOSE

With their family growing at an “exponential” rate, they stay close through game nights, FaceTime and holidays, with Kathy sharing that the cousins are being raised as siblings, much as her own children were raised alongside their cousins.

Giving an insight into their close knit family life, beauty secrets and refreshingly normal day-to-day lives, Kathy and Nicky – who have teamed up with iconic British beauty brand No7 in the US – sit down with

HELLO! to reveal all.

What does a typical day look like for you, Kathy and Nicky?