Earlier this week a pair of Australian Radio presenters fooled a nurse at the King Edward VII hospital in London into transferring a call to the ward where Kate Middleton was being treated, making her believe it was the Queen and Prince Philip on the phone. That nurse later killed herself.

This from SKYnews:

A nurse duped by a prank phone call at the hospital treating the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge has died in a suspected suicide.

Jacintha Saldanha, 46, who has worked at the hospital for four years, was found dead at an address near King Edward VII’s hospital in London on Friday morning.

The hospital confirmed she had been the victim of a hoax call in which two Australian DJs, pretending to be the Queen and Prince of Wales, phoned up about Kate.

Ms Saldanha, a mother of two, received the call and put it through to the ward where another nurse updated the pair on the Duchess, who was being treated for severe morning sickness.

Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt said the nurse was from Bristol and has a son and a daughter. “The hospital had not suspended Ms Saldanha, nor disciplined her,” he added.

Her family said in a statement: “We as a family are deeply saddened by the loss of our beloved Jacintha.”

The owners of the radio station say the two DJs behind the call are “deeply shocked” by the tragedy. They have been dropped from their show until further notice amid a major backlash.

Kate, who is understood to be well under 12 weeks pregnant, was admitted to the hospital on Monday after falling ill over the weekend and released again on Thursday.

The Duchess and her husband, William, the Duke of Cambridge, said in a statement that they were “deeply saddened” by the nurse’s death.

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Shame, what a very sad vibe. And so difficult for the DJs as well. Especially with prank calls being a part of radio entertainment. How does one police where the limit lies?