FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 file photo, former U.S. President Barack Obama, center left, and Britain's Prince Harry watch wheelchair basketball at the Invictus Games in Toronto. Former President... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 file photo, former U.S. President Barack Obama, center left, and Britain's Prince Harry watch wheelchair basketball at the Invictus Games in Toronto. Former President Barack Obama told Prince Harry in an interview broadcast Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017 that he felt... (Associated Press) 
 
 LONDON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama told Prince Harry in an interview broadcast Wednesday that he felt serene the day he left the White House despite the sense that much important work remained unfinished. 
 
 Obama said it was "hugely liberating" to be able to set his own agenda in the morning and to have the time to talk with his wife, Michelle, now that he is no longer president. 
 
 He spoke with Harry in the prince's capacity as guest editor of the BBC Radio 4 news program. Both men said the interview, recorded in Canada in September, was Obama's first since leaving the presidency in January. 
 
 "I miss the work itself because it was fascinating," Obama said of his eight years in the Oval Office, citing his health care reforms as one of his proudest achievements. 
 
 He did not mention his successor, President Donald Trump, but did say people in government should be careful in their use of social media. 
 
 In his guest editing slot, Harry also focused on climate change, the military and mental health. 
 
 He used his position to ask Obama a "lightning round" of questions of the type normally asked of entertainers, not politicians. 
 
 The former president declined to say whether he wears boxers or briefs, but was willing to say he prefers Aretha Franklin to Tina Turner — "Aretha is the best," he said of the Queen of Soul — and favors retired basketball star Michael Jordan over current star LeBron James. 
 
 Obama also said he is "obsessed" with helping to train the next generation of leaders and said the world is in many ways healthier and wealthier than it has ever been. 
 
 Harry also interviewed his father, Prince Charles, who offered more gloomy assessment. He said the root causes of climate change are not being addressed even as it leads to more destruction in many parts of the world. 
 
 At the end of the show, Harry would not say whether Obama will be invited to his May wedding to American actress Meghan Markle, saying the guest list hadn't been drawn up yet. But he did say Markle had enjoyed her first Christmas as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II at her country estate. 
 
 "She really enjoyed it, and the family loved having her there," Harry said. ||||| Prince Harry definitely knows how to handle a difficult question. 
 
 The prince bagged former U.S. President Barack Obama's first interview since leaving office, during his stint as guest editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday. 
 
 The two definitely had the banter, and you can tell that they're close. 
 
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 But presenters from the Today programme interviewed the prince after the Obama session. And the hosts asked him directly what everyone wanted to know: Would Obama get an invite to Prince Harry's wedding to American actress Meghan Markle in May? 
 
 "Well, I don't know about that. We haven't put the invites or the guestlist together yet so who knows whether he's going to be invited or not. Wouldn't want to ruin that surprise," Prince Harry said. 
 
 The question is especially on everyone's mind as The Sun reported, citing a "senior government source," that the government doesn't want Prince Harry to invite Obama to his wedding as it would risk the former president coming to a royal wedding before President Donald Trump has a chance to meet the Queen. 
 
 Prime Minister Theresa May has invited Trump for an official state visit, which would include meeting the Queen, but the visit hasn't been scheduled amid fears that it would be met with mass protests. 
 
 Prince Harry's entire interview with Obama is well worth a listen. We all need something to kill the time while we're waiting for our wedding invites, right? ||||| LONDON -- President Trump had a wide-ranging interview with journalist Piers Morgan on ITV Sunday night where he revealed that he tweets in bed and how he would have taken a "tougher" attitude toward Brexit negotiations than the approach now being used by British Prime Minister Theresa May. Without providing specifics, Mr. Trump says he would have used different tactics. 
 
 "Would it be the way I negotiate? No, I wouldn't negotiate it the way it's (being) negotiated ... I would have had a different attitude," he says. 
 
 He says: "I would have said that the European Union is not cracked up to what it's supposed to be." 
 
 ITV 
 
 Mr. Trump also mentioned Sunday that he would make a trade deal with the United Kingdom. 
 
 Britain is preparing to leave the European Union in March 2019. The complex negotiations have moved slowly and May's Cabinet seems deeply divided over how best to separate Britain from the 28-nation bloc. 
 
 In the interview, Mr. Trump said he looks forward to visiting Britain, where he has been invited for a state visit to be hosted by Queen Elizabeth II. 
 
 During the interview, Mr. Trump was social media is a way to defend himself in an era of "fake news" and that he sometimes tweets from bed. 
 
 "Well perhaps sometimes in bed, perhaps sometimes at breakfast or lunch or whatver, but generally speak during the early morning, or the evening...I am very busy during the day." 
 
 He also said he was willing to apologize for retweeting anti-Muslim videos by a far-right group in Britain, which exacerbated tensions with May and drew complaints in Parliament. Discussing the upcoming royal wedding that will feature an American bride, he says Britain's Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle, look like a "lovely couple" and says he doesn't know if he's been invited to their May 19 nuptials. 
 
 Told that Markle backed Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election and has described Trump as "divisive," the president struck a friendly note: "Well, I still hope they're happy," he says. 
 
 Mr. Trump also says that his administration might not withdraw from the Paris climate accord if terms more favorable to the United States are reached, in part because he likes French President Emmanuel Macron. 
 
 "No I like him, he's a friend of mine, Emmanuel! He's a great guy, his wife is fantastic I like him a lot," Mr. Trump said. "We had dinner at the top of the Eiffel Tower." 
 
 Mr. Trump also mentioned that he would re-enter the Paris Climate Accord, but it has to be a good deal for the United States. 
 
 The interview was conducted Thursday during Mr. Trump's brief visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 
 
 ITV 
 
 When Mr. Trump was asked about criticism from some women, he said he supported women and that many women understood that. He also mentioned that they like his support for a strong military as they often wanted to feel safe at home. 
 
 Mr. Trump also said he had tremendous respect for women, but when pressed further, said he was not a feminist. 
 
 The guest list for Harry and Markle's May 19 wedding at Windsor Castle has not been made public. The prince's press team said invitations have not been sent out yet. It is not clear if a final list has been drawn up. 
 
 The British press has been filled with speculation that Harry and Markle might snub Mr. Trump and invite former U.S. President Barack Obama as a wedding guest. The prince and Mr. Obama have met on several occasions, and Mr. Obama gave Harry a rare interview last year that was broadcast on the BBC. 
 
 Mr. Trump, in contrast, has angered many people in Britain with his crackdown on immigration and his climate change policies. 
 
 During the interview, he seemed open to revisiting his pledge to withdraw from 2015 Paris climate accord if the deal could be substantially revised. Under the pact, nations set their own goals to reduce the emissions of heat-trapping gases. Because of legal technicalities America can't get out until November of 2020. 
 
 "If somebody said, go back into the Paris accord, it would have to be a completely different deal because we had a horrible deal," Mr. Trump says. 
 
 "Would I go back in? Yeah, I'd go back in. I like, as you know, I like Emmanuel (Macron). I would love to, but it's got to be a good deal for the United States." 
 
 Mr. Trump said the climate has been cooling as well as warming and asserted that ice caps have not been shrinking as predicted. 
 
 "The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they're setting records," he said. 
 
 However, those remarks don't quite match what data shows and scientists say. The world hasn't been cooling except for normal day-to-day weather variations; it has been just the opposite. And there have been far more records for shrinking ice on the top and the bottom of the world than growing, despite what the president claimed.
– Former President Obama told Prince Harry in a BBC interview broadcast Wednesday that despite the sense that much important work remained unfinished on the day he left the White House, "there was a serenity there, more than I would have expected." Obama said it's "hugely liberating" to be able to set his own agenda in the morning and have time to talk with his wife, Michelle, in his post-presidency. He spoke with Harry in the prince's capacity as guest editor of the BBC Radio 4 news program, reports the AP. The interview, recorded in Canada in September, was Obama's first since leaving the Oval Office in January. "I miss the work itself because it was fascinating," Obama said of his eight years, citing health care reform as one of his proudest achievements. He did not mention his successor, but did say government officials should be careful in using social media. Harry also focused on climate change, the military, mental health, and asked Obama a "lightning round" of questions. The former president declined to say whether he wears boxers or briefs, but prefers Aretha Franklin to Tina Turner—"Aretha is the best"—and favors basketball star Michael Jordan over LeBron James. Obama also said he is "obsessed" with helping to train the next generation of leaders. As for the elephant in the room—whether Harry will invite Obama to his May wedding to Meghan Markle—Mashable notes that the prince deferred, saying, "Well, I don't know about that. We haven't put the invites or the guest list together yet, so who knows whether he's going to be invited or not. Wouldn't want to ruin that surprise." He did say Markle enjoyed her first Christmas as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II. "She really enjoyed it, and the family loved having her there."