Prince Harry testified in court on Tuesday, in a strongly-worded witness statement that criticised media intrusion into his family’s life.
His uncle, Charles Spencer, clearly supports Harry’s stance, as he later took to Twitter to share former Labour adviser Alistair Campbell’s tweets about the case.
In the posts, all of which the Earl re-tweeted, the politico wrote: “Prince Harry makes a very good point re the damage done to trust in your own circle when stories appear and you have no idea where they come from.
“Some of the biggest fall-outs I had in No 10 arose from suspicions about who was briefing out confidential information. In several of the worst, I now know that the information came not from internal sources but from phone hacking or illegal lagging.
“Harry may not be able to prove that all of the stories referred to in court came from illegal activity. But that illegal activity was being conducted on a near industrial scale by several papers is beyond doubt.
“That is why I willingly gave evidence. Leveson was the chance to change media culture. For the reasons Harry set out today – the incestuous relationship between the press and government – that chance was thwarted.
“I believe in a free press. But I also believe in the rule of law. Both are essential to a healthy democracy. If both press and politicians defend breaches of the rule of law, we do not have a healthy democracy.”
