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On the morning of 7 December 2012, Saldanha was found dead by security and other staff in her nurse's quarters at the hospital. James's Palace also indicated that they did not blame the nurses for their part in the incident. Neither Saldanha nor the other nurse was disciplined or suspended by the hospital St. On 6 December, the radio station issued a brief apology for 'any inconvenience caused' by their actions, although Christian continued to promote 'the royal prank' on Twitter.

The CEO of Southern Cross Austereo, Rhys Holleran, later claimed that station officials had made at least five attempts to contact the two nurses in the recording prior to greenlighting the call for broadcast – with Sydney University law professor, Barbara McDonald noting that his comments showed the station already understood they needed to ' consent (to air the interview) and they failed to'. When hospital chief executive John Lofthouse learned of the prank call, he condemned it as an act of 'journalistic trickery' that no nurse should have to deal with. The stunt was broadcast on 5 December, after it had been cleared by the radio station's lawyers. The hosts used what were later described as 'ridiculous comedy accents.' Hold on ma'am,' and transferred the call to the Duchess's nurse, who spent approximately two minutes speaking with Greig as well as Christian, the latter impersonating The Prince of Wales. Impersonating Elizabeth II, Greig said: 'Oh hello there, could I please speak to Kate please, my granddaughter.' Saldanha responded, 'Oh yes. On 4 December, at about 5:30 am London time (GMT) or 4:30 pm Sydney time (AEDT), the hosts of the Hot30 Countdown radio programme, Mel Greig and Mike Christian, called the hospital and spoke to the main nurse, Saldanha. On 2 December 2012, St James's Palace announced that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was pregnant. Despite numerous calls for legal action, no charges were laid.īuildings of the King Edward VII's Hospital in Devonshire Street, London Saldanha's suicide led to public outrage, including in Saldanha's home country against those responsible for perpetrating and broadcasting the prank. Saldanha fell for the hoax and transferred the call to the nurse looking after the Duchess. In the prank call, the hosts of the Australian radio programme Hot30 Countdown, broadcast on the Southern-Cross-Austereo-owned station 2Day FM in Sydney, called Saldanha's hospital and impersonated the Queen and the Prince of Wales enquiring about the health of the Duchess of Cambridge, who was a patient there at the time. On 7 December 2012, she was found dead by suicide, three days after falling for a prank phone call as part of a radio stunt. Jacintha Saldanha (1966 – 7 December 2012) was an Indian nurse who worked at King Edward VII's Hospital in the City of Westminster, London.

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