Ed Miliband has complained to the boss of the Mail newspapers after a reporter tried to question his family at a memorial service.
The Labour leader wrote to Lord Rothermere after finding out a journalist from the Mail On Sunday had turned up uninvited to the private event on Wednesday.
Relatives told him the female reporter had tried to get them to comment about an article in the paper's sister title attacking Mr Miliband's father Ralph.
Mail chairman Lord Rothermere The Mail On Sunday later confirmed it had sent the journalist to the service, which was held at Guy's Hospital for Professor Harry Keen who died earlier this year.
Mr Miliband, who spoke at the ceremony, wrote: "My wider family, who are not in public life, feel understandably appalled and shocked that this can have happened ...
"Sending a reporter to my late uncle's memorial crosses a line of common decency. I believe it a symptom of the culture and practices of both the Daily Mail and the Mail On Sunday."
He demanded that the chairman launch a "swift investigation" into what he called "this latest episode" and also into the approach of both newspapers.
And for the first time he linked the row to press regulation, saying: "I believe no purpose would be served by me complaining to the Press Complaints Commission because it is widely discredited."
Ed Miliband with his father Ralph, who died in 1994 The letter is the latest twist in a bitter war of words that has erupted between the politician and the media organisation.
It was sparked by a feature in the Daily Mail last Saturday which portrayed Ralph Miliband - a top Marxist academic who died in 1994 - as "The Man Who Hated Britain".
Mr Miliband was also angry after the Mail Online used a picture of his father's grave with the caption "grave socialist" and insisted on writing a rebuttal for the paper.
But the Mail has refused to apologise, and only included his response next to an editorial justifying its position and a shorter version of the original piece.
The row has continued to rage all week, and a new column in the Daily Mail on Thursday accuses the Labour leader of "a show of calculated hysteria".
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has joined the criticism, declaring that the newspaper is "overflowing with bile" about modern Britain.
He accused the Mail of "denigrating" the country and said Mr Miliband's reaction was "quite understandable".
Mr Clegg is the latest senior figure from across the political spectrum to voice concern about the coverage, but others have argued the press should be left alone.
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