nicholas: mr. markle said meghan had wept when he told her h' couldn't attend the wedding, and he wept as he watched the service on television in cafornia. he spoke about the moment harrys phoned him tfor permission to marry his daughter. thomas: harry got on the phone with meghan. they called me together, and yorry asks for her hand over the phone, and i said,are a gentleman. promise me you will neise your hand against my daughter, and of permission." you my nicholas: they apparently talked about american politics and president trump. thomas: our conversation was i was complaining i didn't like donald trump. he said, "give donald trump a chance." i sort of disagreed with that, but i still like harry.th was his politics, i have my politics. nicholas: harry said mr. markle was an interesting guy who made a good choice in his daughter.he he expectsto have children soon. as for the future, mr. markle says he is looking forward to having a good relationship with his new family. nicholas witchell, bbc n

harry, said mr markle, was an interesting guy who had made a good choice in his daughter. he expects them to have children soon. as to the future, mr markle says he is looking forward to having a good relationship with his new family. now to a rather expensive hat. a two—cornered hat said to have belong to the former french emperor napoleon has been sold at auction in lyon for $325,000. it was claimed to be found on the battlefield after his defeat at waterloo, which took place today in 1815. napoleon was renowned for his military bicornes, which he wore sideways so he could be spotted more easily in battle. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. china's second—largest e—commerce company, jd.com, gets big investment from google as it steps up its investments across asia. and we will leave you with pictures of a new installation in london's hyde park. bulgarian—born artist christo has literally rolled out the barrels, 7,500 of them, in fact, for this 20—meter—high sculpture of an ancient egyptian tomb. it is floating on a small lake in the park, surrounde

harry said mr markle was an interesting guy who'd made a good choice in his daughter. he expects them to have children soon. as to the future, mr markle says he's looking forward to having a good relationship with his new family. nicholas witchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. yes, this band of cloud that we have is going to be crucial over the next few days. it is going to bring some rain, but there will be precious little in the south—east, where it is warmer and more humid, mostly rain across the northern half of the uk. at the moment, we are seeing more cloud. it means the best of the sunshine is across the eastern side of england. it is warmer than yesterday. you

harry, said mr markle, was an interesting guy who‘d made a good choice in his daughter. he expects them to have children soon. as to the future, mr markle says he‘s looking forward to having a good relationship with his new family. nicholas witchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, with darren bett. hello, good afternoon. it has been quite a muggy feel across the south—east of the uk today but a band of cloud which is out in the atlantic is going to come into play in the next couple of days and that will bring some rain but work will mostly be across the northern half of the uk, very little arriving in the south—east, perhaps where the rain is needed most of all. we have seen more cloud coming in today across western areas of the sunshine further east and that has reduced the temperatures compared with the weekend. through this evening and overnight we‘re going to find more cloud spilling its way further east across england and wales. we will see clearer skies arriving in northern ireland for a while but continuing in scotland and across the far north o

harry, said mr markle, was an interesting guy who'd made a good choice in his daughter. he expects them to have children soon. as to the future, mr markle says he's looking forward to having a good relationship with his new family. nicholas witchell, bbc news. 0k, ok, i think that was all rather awkward. it was an awkward watch. i was trying to imagine what the kensington palace press office might have made of it. apparently, he was paid for it and there is nothing necessarily wrong with that but what struck me was first of all, he is clearly quite a shy man who does not find it easy to talk in public, that is plainly obvious and the other thing is, given what had happened prior to the wedding, and wondered whether the palace should have sent someone to advise him or to be with him, just to sort of talking through the attention he will have. he has been sort of left on his own with all the press intrusion that comes with that andi press intrusion that comes with that and i am not sure, in the way that the palace now deals with families entering the royal family, but that

nicholas: mr. markle said meghan had wept when he told her he andldn't attend the wedding wept as he watched the service on television in california. he spoke about the moment harry phoned him to ask for permission to marry his daughter. thomas: harry got on the phone with meghan. they called me together, and harry asks for her hand over the phone, and i said, "you are a gentleman. promise me you will never raise your hand against myghter, and of course i give you my permission." nicholas: they apparently talked about american politics and president trump. thomas: our conversation was i walicomplaining i didn' donald trump. he said, "give donald trump a chance." i sort of disagreed with that, but i still like har. that was his politics, i h politics. nicholas: harry said mr. marklea an interesting guy who made a good choice in his daughter. he expects them to have children orsoon. as the future, mr. markle ys he is looking forward to having a good relationship with his new family. nicholas witchell

and his feelings during this —— mr markle. he is looking forward to being on good terms with the royal family and meeting the queen and that sort of thing. he says he did the interview because he wants to show that he is "a regular, normal guy". what more did he say? he spoke a bit about politics and harry and all sorts of stuff. only in passing. he says that in the conversations that he had on the phone with harry, mr markle says he was complaining about not liking donald trump. and harry said, apparently, give donald trump a chance. there was also some kind of reference to brexit and mr markle said he thinks he, the duke of sussex, was open to the experiment. which i think is the kind of noncommittal answer you would expect a senior royal to give on such a sensitive issue, if somebody tries to engage him in conversation about that. the main point, i'm sure, that mr markle wanted to make is that he had wanted to be there, to walk his daughter down the aisle. apparently, he had these heart problems but he was watching it on te

harry said mr markle was an interesting guy who'd made a good choice in his daughter. he expects them to have children soon. as to the future, mr markle says he's looking forward to having a good relationship with his new family. nicholas witchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. yes, this band of cloud that we have is going to be crucial over the next few days. it is going to bring some rain, but there will be precious little in the south—east, where it is warmer and more humid, mostly rain across the northern half of the uk. at the moment, we are seeing more cloud. it means the best of the sunshine is across the eastern side of england. it is warmer than yesterday. you increasing cloud gci’oss yesterday. you increasing cloud across western wales. still windy in the north—west of scotland. the cloud coming in from the atlantic overnight will buckle and topple down into england and wales. it may be thick enough for a bit of drizzle here and there. we will have clearer skies for northern england and scotland. but here, we have cooler

harry said mr markle was an interesting guy who'd made a good choice in his daughter. he expects them to have children soon. as to the future, mr markle says he's looking forward to having a good relationship with his new family. nicholas witchell, bbc news. don't forget — you can let us know what you think. tweet ussing the hashtag afternoonlive. all the ways to contact us on screen right now. we will be going to the house of commons for our statement this afternoon about use of medicinal cannabis. then we will have an urgent question from wera hobhouse about the issue of upskirting. that will be going through as a government bill. there is an urgent question on that later on. we will also be hearing from the health secretaryjeremy also be hearing from the health secretary jeremy hunt also be hearing from the health secretaryjeremy hunt on that long—term plan for the nhs. we will have coverage of that on afternoon live. and get in touch with us, anything you want to say, get it off your chest. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. on the scene at the

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mr. markle touched on a lot in that interview. you feel for him as you listen to him there. what else did have he to say? >> it was a wide ranging interview covering everything from meghan markle as a young girl and why he calls her bean, all the way through to the time she told him she was dating prince harry. what strikes you when you watch that interview is how unmedia savvy thomas markle is, because he looks down a lot, he doesn't look down the barrel of the camera, he holds on to his ear piece a lot. he's used to being behind the camera and not in the spotlight, which is possibly why we had such a -- around the media around him. but he did say how sad he was not to have made the wedding and how he had actually prepared for it. listen to what he said about that. >> i worked on a little speech and little speech actually had the phone calls that i talked about, talking to harry and how meghan introduced him as this guy, this nice guy from england, this prince. and that was part of the story and i went on to basically thank the royal family for opening up to my child. i fee

in an interview with itv‘s good morning britain, mr markle talked about how harry asked for meghan‘s hand in marriage, and said he was grateful for prince charles stepping in to escort his daughter. i can‘t think of a better replacement than someone like prince charles, you know. he looked very handsome and my daughter looked beautiful with him. i wasjealous, i wish i‘d been there, i wish it‘d been me, but thank god he was there and i thank him for that. harry got on the phone with meghan, they called me together, and harry asked for her hand over the phone. and i said, you‘re a gentleman, promise me you‘ll never raise your hand against my daughter. and, of course, i give you my permission. breaking news about train incident at south london, loughborough junction station. it has been reported three people have been killed after an incident at this station in south london, loughborough junction junction, in south london. has been reported three people have been killed and we will bring you more news as soon as we get it. us first lady melania trump has made a rare statement

i think that dates back even before mrs. hoover. thank you for the question. that's a great question. i think it is extremely interesting that you brought up is. gorbachev, because she an aberration when it comes to the wives of the soviet premiers. i would like for it, maybe if you could comment on the role of the first lady in relation to other countries, the difference between therican rst lady and other first ladies for france are great britain that maybe you have come across. prof. hummer: the relationships? >> the differences between what our first lady does, whether it is the handshaking, different types of platforms or performances, as opposed to other countries. prof. hummer: right. that is a good question. my sense is that american first ladies are expected to do quite a lot in terms of a public role, perhaps more than in most countries. as i mentioned before, the soviet first ladies, back in the 1960's, i can't remember, i'm trying to fi read this. it might have been jacqueline kennedy -- don't quote me on that. nobody knew that they had wives. they