Prince Harry and Nada Tawfik had a ‘polite’ chat ahead of his new BBC interview to ‘break the ice’.
Nada described the father-of-two as ‘easy to talk to’ but said they’d left the ‘topic at hand’ for when the cameras were rolling.
The Duke of Sussex, who lost his multimillion-pound fight for protection in the UK, told the BBC in America that his father ‘won’t speak to him’.
However Nada has now revealed what the 40-year-old prince said before the interview began.
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She said: “We began with some very brief small talk, which always helps to break the ice before a formal sit down, but we didn’t touch the topic at hand until the cameras started rolling.”
Harry, who arrived without any entourage, “politely introduced himself” to all of the people present for the interview, Nada said.
According to The Express, Nada added: “He wasn’t defensive or combative, and he wanted to address each of those points.
“Equally, it was important to give him space to share his perspective.
“Because whatever anyone feels about the duke, he raises interesting questions for the public to ponder.”
Harry and his wife Meghan Markle stepped down as senior working royals and now reside in California with their children, Prince Archie, five, and three-year-old Princess Lilibet.
Although Harry claims he wants to reconcile with his family, having been at loggerheards with King Charles and Prince William for some time, royal expert Jennie Bond said she was unsure whether his father and brother will be as willing.
Speaking to the Mirror, she said: “Dream on Harry. You may be right in feeling that you deserve the same level of security as other people who have quit public life – but this was definitely not the way to forge any reconciliation with the family you were born into. And that invitation may be a very long time in coming.”
She added: “Father and son are not talking; Harry would like to be reconciled and has ‘forgiven his father, brother and stepmother’ [for exactly what remains unclear], but that he cannot come to the UK with his family with the level of security he believes he needs unless he is invited.”
