Hoaxer says sorry to suicide nurse’s family

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.

Australian Melanie Greig posed as Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II during the call in which private medical information about the pregnant Kate was disclosed in December 2012.

Jacintha Saldanha, 46, who took the call, took her life three days later.