Nurse Found Dead Days After Taking Prank Call At Kate Middleton’s Hospital

The nurse who took a prank call from Australian radio presenters imitating royals who were checking on Kate Middleton’s medical condition, only to be told everything except when she last went to tinkle, has been found dead in what’s thought to be a suicide. Which probably means the cruel, idiot hosts who contrived the prank are probably slightly less proud of themselves right now. Because jokes are slightly less funny when people kill themselves after hearing the punchline. The BBC reports: ‘A nurse [named as Jacintha Saldanha] at a London hospital who took a hoax call about the Duchess of Cambridge has been found dead… BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said he understood Mrs Saldanha, who was married with two children, was the person who answered the call from the Australian DJs and was not the nurse who discussed the duchess’s medical condition… Mrs Saldanha, a duty nurse, answered the telephone because it was 05:30 GMT in the morning and there was no receptionist on duty. The BBC understands Mrs Saldanha had not been suspended or disciplined by the hospital [but]… she had felt ‘very lonely and confused’ as a result of what had happened.’ This is the point where I’d make a joke except this is pretty f**king awful and the only thing I want to do now is smack someone and wait for the hosts to be fired. The Duke and Duchess have issued a statement: ‘The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Jacintha Saldanha. Their Royal Highnesses were looked after so wonderfully well at all times by everybody at King Edward VII Hospital, and their thoughts and prayers are with Jacintha Saldanha’s family, friends and colleagues at this very sad time.’