Although Meghan Markle‘s father has yet to meet his royal son-in-law in person, Thomas Markle called Prince Harry “great” and “an interesting guy” from their conversations over the phone.

Thomas, who bowed out of attending the royal wedding on May 19, opened up about his relationship with Harry in an interview with the U.K.’s Good Morning Britain early Monday.

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

Recalling their first chat, Meghan’s father shared, “He said, ‘Hello Thomas,’ and I said, ‘Hello Harry.’ 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, or with the idea of Trump, and that’s how it began.”

‘My daughter has been a Princess since the day she was born.’

Thomas Markle, father of the Duchess of Sussex, speaks about the moment he spoke to Prince Harry for the first time in a WORLD EXCLUSIVE interview. pic.twitter.com/yywNJYc1sn

— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) June 18, 2018

Thomas also learned of his daughter’s new romance in bits and…