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"Rupert Murdoch is reported to have suggested to News International executives that photos of Prince Harry be printed in The Sun as a &amp;#039;warning shot&amp;#039; to Justice Leveson. The media mogul had tweeted after the publication of the controversial photos on gossip website TMZ that there is &amp;quot;no such thing as a free press in the UK&amp;quot;, and that the &amp;quot;internet makes a mockery of these issues&amp;quot;. He then went on to offer to public support for the Prince.   The Independent reported that a source close to News International has claimed that Murdoch personally advised chief executive Tom Mockridge on the issue. Murdoch reportedly told him: &amp;quot;There is a principle here. I know this is about Leveson but this is humiliating. &amp;quot;We can&amp;#039;t carry on like this. We should run them, do it and say to Leveson, we are doing it for press freedom.&amp;quot; However, the Daily Mail reports that the 84-year-old denied he had been involved in the decision to print the photos, in a Twitter exchange with former deputy prime minister John Prescott. Murdoch tweeted: &amp;quot;Decision was rightly that of the editor, and I support. I was in Silicon Valley far removed.&amp;quot; The Sun has sparked a media debate with its publication of the photos - despite arguing that it was a &amp;#039;crucial&amp;#039; test of the country&amp;#039;s free press, over 850 members of the public complained about the decision. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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