- Meghan Markle's father spoke on British television Monday morning.
- During the interview, Thomas Markle spoke about his conversations with Harry in the run-up to the wedding.
- Markle said the two chatted politics — and Prince Harry told him to "give him [Donald Trump] a chance."
Meghan Markle's dad was encouraged by Prince Harry to soften his views on Donald Trump, he has claimed in a TV interview.
Thomas Markle appeared on the "Good Morning Britain" breakfast news show on Monday morning, and said that on the subject of the US President, Harry encouraged him to "give him a chance."
Markle said:
"I've always had a bad attitude about Donald Trump and that's never going to change. My God, I've got to apologise to the rest of the world for my president. All Harry actually did was say because Trump was new, he said 'give him a chance'."
He later added that he hoped Harry had had a chance to reconsider his stance on the US president, "I think Harry has probably changed his mind by now – I certainly hope he has."
This is why @KensingtonRoyal won’t welcome Thomas Markle’s interview on @GMB. He’s talking about his conversation with Prince Harry about Donald Trump and Brexit 😳 pic.twitter.com/P6OfJtbWHX
— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) June 18, 2018
He did not specify when the first conversation took place.
During the interview with "Good Morning Britain", Markle also expressed his regret at missing his daughter, now the Duchess of Sussex, marry Prince Harry in one of the wedding occasions of the decade.
"I'm a footnote to the greatest moment in history rather than the dad who walked his daughter down the aisle. That upsets me somewhat," he said.
During the interview, Markle also mentioned a conversation he had with Meghan's husband-to-be in the run-up to the wedding — including a bizarre warning to Harry not to "raise his hand" against his daughter.
The prince's father-in-law's comments come just weeks before Donald Trump's first visit to the UK, which has been arranged despite the threat of a "carnival of resistance."
Markle missed the royal occasion following a paparazzi scandal and health problems.
News broke in the run-up to the wedding that Thomas Markle had accepted money to pose for staged paparazzi photos.
Photos of Markle intently studying "Images of Great Britain: A Pictorial Tour Through History" in a Starbucks quickly went viral — but were later discovered to have been staged.
In addition, Markle told TMZ that he had suffered from a heart attack six days before, but that he had checked himself out of the hospital to attend the wedding.
Speaking about his treatment by the press, Markle told GMB that,"They'd take photos of me grabbing a beer, take photos of me getting into my car... they'd take photos of me making me look negative."
When he told the young couple that he could not attend the wedding, Markle said Harry and Meghan were sad but supportive: "They both said, 'Take care of yourself, we are really worried about you'."
Buckingham Palace said it had no comment on Markle's interview when contacted by Business Insider.
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