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Videostills from the Secret show on 17 January 1991, filmed at T&C2 in London.

- Will you and Mary ever have a child?

Robert Smith- No. We decided when we first met that we would never have children together and it’s never been a question since then. I’ve been lucky because if Mary had wanted children, I probably would have had them, so I’m very pleased that she didn’t. Her only maternal instincts are towards me, thankfully. I could not really justify bringing a child into the world because I still have an overriding sense of the futility of existence. And more simply I find it impossible to tell children off or impose discipline on children. I’ve got twenty-one nephews and nieces, so I’m constantly surrounded by children as an uncle and I find that’s my perfect role. Being in South Park has made a huge difference to their lives. Now that I’m a cartoon character I’m fully accepted into their world.