Radio Station Behind Royal Prank Call to Pay Family of Dead Nurse $525K

By Ian Johnston, NBC News

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Mel Greig (left) and Michael Christian (right) made the call about the Duchess - which has been directly linked to Jacintha's death by the hospital.

December 11, 2012 Updated Dec 11, 2012 at 10:00 AM PDT

A radio station is to pay at least $525,000 to a memorial fund in the name of a nurse found dead after two DJs duped her into putting them through to Duchess Kate’s hospital ward where she was being treated for an extreme form of morning sickness.

Jacintha Saldanha was found dead in London, England, Friday after the prank in which Australian radio hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian pretended to be Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles in the call to London’s King Edward VII’s Hospital.

Greig and Christian spoke Monday about their distress over Saldanha’s death, saying it had left them "shattered, gutted, heartbroken."

Police have said the circumstances of the death are "unexplained;" an autopsy was due to be carried out Tuesday.

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