Ruling follows Guardian-led challenge to attempt to withdraw ‘indiscreet’ document used in Chinese ‘spy’ case

A witness statement containing apparently “embarrassing or indiscreet” comments by an aide to Prince Andrew about his work should be made public, a tribunal has ruled after a legal challenge led by the Guardian.

Though the author of the document, Dominic Hampshire, a close friend of the prince, should have behaved with “discretion” regarding the royal family, that did not outweigh the principles of open justice, the judgment published on Friday said.