A royal author reportedly apologized to Prince Harry after he interviewed him over a decade ago. Robert Jobson recently revealed that he called the Duke of Sussex “mate” while talking to him after the 2009 controversy. For those unversed, the 41-year-old got involved in a race row at the time. The royal commentator interviewed Harry about the same, but made a mistake, according to Jobson.
Author apologized to Prince Harry for calling him his ‘mate’
A royal author recalled Prince Harry’s interview, where he called the duke “mate,” The Mirror reported. During The Sun’s Royal Exclusive podcast, Robert Jobson mentioned that he did a story on the prince’s 2009 racial comment incident. At the time, Harry accused him of having a “secret camera” when they met.
In response, Jobson told him, “With the greatest respect mate, it was your camera, your racist comment, and someone in your circle who obviously handed over the video.” However, after this, the author realized he had made a mistake by calling Harry “mate.” “Which I had to apologise for and I did apologise, I apologised for calling him mate because he’s not my mate,” the royal commentator said.
According to him, things between the two got better in the future. When they met on their flight from New Zealand, Jobson said that Harry was “quite good” to him. “There were only a few of us on the trip and I said, ‘What are you going to do?’ He answered, ‘Well I’m going to try and really do a lot for guys with prosthetics.” He added, ‘But you’ll probably find out what I’m doing next before me’. He was always a bit chippy with me, but he’s okay,” the author recalled.
Furthermore, Harry had addressed the incident in his memoir, “Spare.” He had mentioned in the book that he had contacted the concerned person “directly” to “ask for his forgiveness.”
