Harry and Meghan's media treatment echoes what happened to Diana, Earl Spencer tells BBCTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Diana's brother says Harry and Meghan face 'cancerous' press like his sisterByHenry MoorePublished37 minutes agoEarl Spencer has told the BBC the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's treatment at the hands of the media has "echoes" of what happened to his sister Diana, Princess of Wales. He described press coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan as a "cancerous influence in their life" and said it would be "beholden on people to learn from Diana's example".The Sussexes, who recently returned to the UK from California six years after stepping back from royal duties, have been repeatedly critical of the media.It comes after the BBC reported on Friday how Earl Spencer says he was "telling the truth" when he claimed King Charles said people would forget Diana "soon enough" in a phone call in the days after her death.Bitter row over Diana book brings back unhappy times for royalsPublished19 hours agoSpeaking to Laura Kuenssberg at his Althorp estate, Earl Spencer was asked if he believed Diana would "identify" with the scrutiny the Duke and Duchess of Sussex face."If you look at an article in a tabloid about Diana or the couple that you were mentioning, Harry and Meghan, you know, they can be really, really unpleasant," he replied."And I think it would be really beholden on people to learn from Diana's example."I'm not here to speak for Harry and Meghan, but for anyone who's being destroyed in this way daily, it must be such a cancerous influence in their life."He said he saw Diana's "tears of despair" when describing the impact of media coverage on her, adding she was "very, very sensitive to criticism".Earl Spencer said his sister - who married the then-Prince Charles in 1981 - was "really brought low by all that criticism", describing it as a "pity" to see "echoes of that now" in the treatment of his nephew Prince Harry and wife Meghan. He also said he thought there was a media perception that he was "on Harry's side" but insisted: "I'm on my deceased sister's sons' side, both of them and if either of them wanted anything, then I'd be equally there for them."Princess Diana was subject to huge press interest right up until her death in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. In the eulogy he delivered at her funeral, Earl Spencer accused the media of being on a "permanent quest...to bring her down" and said newspapers had been threatened by her "genuine goodness".