Family looks for ‘strength to grieve’ as hoax call nurse buried

Some 2,000 mourners packed a church in India for the funeral of a nurse found dead after taking a royal hoax call, as her family said they had nearly lost the strength to grieve.

Tue, 18 Dec, 2012 - 00:00

Rachel O’Brien

Indian-born Jacintha Saldanha, 46, apparently took her own life after answering the call from Australian radio hosts to the London hospital where the pregnant wife of Prince William was admitted with acute morning sickness.

“The events of the last week have shattered our lives and we barely have any strength to grieve,” widower Benedict Barboza and the couple’s two children said in a statement read by a family friend after the funeral.