ITV’s Tom Bradby has explained how he approached his interviews with Harry and Meghan in last week’s bombshell documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey. In an interview with Good Morning America yesterday, the journalist said he 'found a couple that seemed a bit bruised and vulnerable' - adding that he originally intended to make a film about their work on tour. He said that he 'knew everything wasn't entirely rosy behind the scenes', but tried to tell their story 'as empathetically as [he] could'.
He also revealed that he had discussed the programme with the prince beforehand. 'We had a pretty long chat, and I speak toHarry relatively often and have done over the years,’ Bradby told viewers. 'I knew things weren't entirely brilliant behind the scenes, [but] it built as the tour went on. I was just observing. As time wore on, I began to really get a sense of where he was at.’
The documentary – broadcast on Sunday – made headlines around the world, as Harry admitted that he was ‘on a different path’ to his brother William{
Bradby explained how the focus of the film changed when he realised the royal couple were 'a bit bruised and vulnerable'. 'I went intending to make a documentary that was always going to be about their work in Africa and then a little about where they are at in life,' he said. 'I knew that everything wasn't entirely rosy behind the scenes. But all the same I had intended to turn up doing a more conventional, journalistic job, maybe beforehand I told them I was going to have to put some pretty pointed questions [to them].
'The reality I found was just a couple that seemed a bit bruised and vulnerable - with mental health and all the rest of it you have to be careful what words you use – that was the story I found and it seemed the right journalistic thing to do to try and tell that story as empathetically as I could.'