Speaking to the newspaper by phone, the 78-year-old said: “He didn’t ‘lose’ me, he dumped me. “I’m not lost. He knows where to find me. My number hasn’t changed. “I would love to hear from my daughter and meet my son-in-law and grandchildren for the first time.” Commenting on his interview, Marlene Koinig, an expert on British and European royals, said: “I wish the reporter had asked Markle when this estrangement started and what caused it, because it’s obvious that the father-daughter feud was there before meeting her. Torture.”