“Well of course it’s ‘wow’, it comes out as a ‘wow’ but you know this is my daughter. My daughter’s certainly, certainly a prize for him as well,” said Thomas.

“Yeah he’s great, he’s an interesting guy, he’s a prince, but my daughter’s been a princess since the day she was born,” he sweetly added.

Meghan’s dad then admitted that he’s yet to meet Harry in person, but the two have shared various stimulating phone conversations over the past year.

“It’s always been over the phone,” he explained. “We have yet to see each other face to face. We’ve had interesting conversations on the phone. He’s a smart guy.”

“We talked a few times about Donald Trump and Brexit, things like that, and he’s an interesting guy,” Thomas continued. “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. That was his politics, I have my politics.” Thomas also touched on Harry’s views about Brexit, saying the Prince seemed “open to the experiment.”

When asked about his first phone conversation with Harry, Thomas claimed it was all very casual and friendly.

“He said ‘Hello Thomas’ and I said ‘Hi Harry’ and it became a conversation back and forth mostly about politics. He was asking me how I was feeling that day and I was telling him how unhappy I was with the President,” Thomas explained.

“We talked a little bit about how they met and how happy they were with each other, and that was pretty much it for the first conversation.”

The GMB host then asked Thomas at what point he knew Meghan would end up marrying the British monarch, and did he believe it was the right choice to wed the royal after her failed first marriage?

“My daughter’s very intelligent. She knows how to choose who she wants to be with. She’s a smart girl, and she made a good pick, didn’t she?” joked Thomas.

He then confirmed that Harry did in fact ask for his daughter’s hand in marriage during one of their phone conversations.

“Meghan told me first, then a few times after that Harry got on the phone with Meghan, they called me together. Harry asked for her hand over the phone. 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.’”

Thomas later explained that he “had no idea" how much Meghan’s new royal status would impact him and his entire family, but admitted that he will eventually get used to it.

“Having the press at my door and everywhere I go, yeah that kind of became an invasion a little bit,” he said, adding that although his other family members are “somewhat disturbed,” he feels that the attention is a “compliment.”

“My daughter is now seen all over the world as a Duchess, and I’m very proud of her, and I’ll adjust to this. I’ll get over this,” stated Thomas.

Speaking to Piers Morgan about Meghan’s new royal rules and guidelines, Thomas claimed he didn’t know how much she’d have to change her lifestyle to fit into Harry's—and neither did the former actress!

“At the time I didn’t realize that. I’m not sure she even realized that. I’m sure it’s very complicated. They royals... they’re very complicated and it’s a whole different lifestyle. But I think she could always rise to that occasion. My daughter’s capable of everything, and she’ll certainly be a compliment to the royal family.”

At one point during the interview, Thomas came clean about his staged photo scandal, saying that it was a “serious mistake” but he did it because he wanted to change his image.