Nada Tawfik has revealed what Prince Harry said to her before the cameras started rolling for his new interview with the BBC. Describing Harry as “easy to talk to”, Nada said that the pair began speaking as soon as he met him – but got to the “topic at hand” when they began filming.
After losing a multimillion-pound fight for protection in the UK, Harry, 40, made the decision to take part in another interview – with the Duke of Sussex telling the BBC in America that his father “won’t speak” to him. Revealing what Harry said before the interview, 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.”
She also revealed that Harry arrived without any entourage and “politely introduced himself” to all of the people present for the interview.
Speaking further about the Duke of Sussex, she 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.”
Since stepping down as senior working royals, Harry and his wife Meghan Markle now reside in California with their children, Prince Archie, who will turn six on Tuesday, and three-year-old Princess Lilibet.
Speaking of Harry, royal expert Jennie Bond has since said that she is now unsure whether the King and Prince William’s minds will be changed.
Harry, who claims that he wants to reconcile with his family, has been at loggerheards for some time with members of his family – particularly King Charles and Prince William.
She told the Mirror: “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.”
Discussing the interview further, 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.”
