The Australian radio company behind a hoax royal phone call has donated a six-figure sum to the family of tragic nurse Jacintha Saldanha.

A radio DJ who made a hoax call to a hospital caring for the Duchess of Cambridge broke down in tears as she apologised to the family of a nurse who committed suicide after the hoax was broadcast.

A DJ who made a hoax call to a hospital caring for the Duchess of Cambridge broke down in tears today as she apologised to the family of a nurse who committed suicide after it was broadcast.