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Nurse in royal hoax call case was found hanged: inquest

Saldanha, a nurse originally from near Mangalore on the southwest Indian coast, was found dead on Friday.

Three days earlier she answered a prank call to the hospital made by two Australian radio presenters impersonating Queen Elizabeth II and her heir Prince Charles, William’s father.

Saldanha put the call through to a nurse who divulged details of Kate’s condition as she recovered from acute morning sickness.

The radio station has pledged at least Aus$500,000 (Sh45 million) to help the grieving family, but British lawmaker Keith Vaz, who has been acting as their spokesman, said the broadcaster had not done enough.

“There has been no written apology, no request for a meeting with the family, and no attempt to travel to the United Kingdom to express contrition,” he said, according to ABC radio which interviewed him.

He also questioned how the network arrived at the figure of $500,000.

British Prime Minister David Cameron told parliament on Wednesday that the death is a “complete tragedy.”

“There will be many lessons that need to be learned,” he said, adding that the family should be given “the time and space to grieve”.

Kate is continuing to rest and William attended the British premiere of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” on his own on Wednesday.

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The royal couple, who are expecting their first child, have said they were “deeply saddened” by her death while their spokesman said that the palace had at no stage complained to the hospital about the hoax call incident.

The hospital has also said that it gave Saldanha its full support.

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