Kate Middleton prank call radio station faces penalties over

Australia’s highest court has cleared the way for a radio station to face penalties over a 2012 prank call to a London hospital that was caring for the Duchess of Cambridge. A nurse who transferred the call committed suicide after the broadcast.

Two Australian DJs from radio station 2DayFM impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and her son, Prince Charles, when they phoned a London hospital in 2012 to ask about the condition of the Duchess of Cambridge, who had been hospitalized for severe morning sickness.

Nurse Jacintha Saldanha took the call and passed it on to a colleague who described Kate’s condition. Three days after the call was broadcast worldwide, Saldanha, 46, was found dead in her room.