United Kingdom, June 5 -- James Blunt asked Carrie Fisher to be his son's godmother in the hope the honour would encourage her to "look after [herself]" better.

The You're Beautiful' singer lived with the late 'Star Wars' star in the early 2000s while recording his debut album 'Back to Bedlam' and they remained close over the years, so when he and wife Sofia Wellesley welcomed the first of their two boys into the world, he asked Carrie to take on a special role in the youngster's life.

And James revealed there was an underlying motivation in asking his friend - who died in December 2016 aged 60 after going into cardiac arrest, with drugs found in her system during post-mortem tests - to be godmother.

He told People magazine: "I told he...