[joeysteele]

I would guess the Sun's account of the matter with Brown and his son are near correct.

They don't though generally give a choice as to whether they print something or not to the person concerned,so for me it's still sick to plaster a young childs health matter over their front pages.

Certainly the Sun gives people warning of what they intend to print, but they take no notice of the privacy of the person or the wishes, especially when outing someone they find to be gay.
I doubt once the Sun had the story, not from the Browns themselves but other sources, then no way would they not have printed it,no matter what Gordon and Sarah brown said or asked or wished. That lacks all decency.