I agree with all those who cannot clearly connect the DJ's hoax to the suicide. Afterall, it wasn't the DJ's that commited the act of suicide. Also, and more importantly, if the DJ's executives apparently "approved" the hoax, why are the DJ's being suspended? It's almost like the station executives are denying knowledge of the proposed hoax.

I'm less concerned about the prank and the Dj's. This young lady's fellow nurses, coworkers that rode her and belittled her daily afterward are FAR MORE TO BLAME for her rash act.

Wow. If I might offer a simpler opinion, here's what I think happened. Two radio station DJ's, thinking about how to add some fun and spice to their morning show, come up with this prank call scenario (like they have done many times in the past, and as this station has done and condoned many times in the past). Nothing more, nothing less. No malice aforethought and no thought about consequences. Innocent (to them) morning fun to give the listeners a laugh. I'm not sure they ever expected to get as far with it as they did, and doing so, didn't know how or when to end the charade. Being popular DJ's on a popular radio station, they did what popular DJ's on popular radio stations do. They played it out. They had no idea who they were talking to and no idea the events that call would set in motion.

So when the death/suicide of one of the nurses they were talking to is revealed, and the connection (whether real or imagined) is made to them and the call they perpetrated, I'm assuming everyone associated with it and the station is, at first, shocked... "What?? Are you kidding me?? Really?" and then, when the criticism starts and the events snowball, the station goes into damage control. "@!$%#... let's do something to stop the bleeding. Suspend the DJ's. Eliminate all advertising (since the advertisers were jumping ship faster than could be counted). Make tearful apologies and, oh yeah... send some money to the family.

The DJ's in question appear on video tearful and remorseful (and I suppose they are, but are probably more confused and bewildered by what just happened). I'm guessing they are still looking at each other thinking "Are you @!$%#ting me? She did that because of our call?"

So blame gets spread like peanut butter and fingers get pointed and eyebrows get raised and righteous indignation rules the day. Why? Because the hospital is embarrassed; the Royals were put in an uncomfortable situation (oh, like that's never happened before), seemingly top-notch security was breached by a phone call and the offending radio station is shown to have a history of making these kinds of calls.

These was (in my opinion) no crime committed (unless impersonation of royalty is against the law in England or Australia). A person from a culture different than ours may, or may not, have taken her reaction to the call as a personal affront to her honor and that may have tipped her over the edge. There may be more at play here with this woman, but I'm also assuming if you are in a position where you are in close physical contact with the British royal family, you have been checked out much like the US Secret Service checks out employees of the White House, so her mental state would not have been a question. This wasn't the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.

Bad things happen to good people. Good people do stupid stuff. DJ's don't think about every possible scenario that might arise as a result of something they are contemplating. I'm sure the thought never entered their heads that the world, as they knew it, was about to come crashing down around them when they picked up the phone and started to dial.

I don't think the statio or the DJ's owe that woman's family anything. No woman with a happy marriage and two kids she loved would kill herself over this. I can't help but think she had some other issues here and if she worked at a hospital she clearly had access to help if she wanted it.

This has gone extremely too far. I don't feel that these DJ's should have lost their jobs or should feel sorry for this individual. It is extremely tragic that this woman lost her life, but it was not the DJ's fault, it was at her own hand. Someone who will committ suicide is extremely unstable. Someone commented earlier that these DJ's dupped another nurse as well. That nurse did not committ suicide. There were many other factors in this nurse's life that cause her suicide, not just one prank call. As an American nurse (not being able to speak of what happens in the UK) we have laws in place and are not allowed to give information to people who call on the telephone inquiring as to someone's condition in the hospital. Only if a family member or close friend is given an access code and with the patient's permission, is a nurse allowed to give information over the phone, and that is only generalized information, not specific details. This patient (Kate), being a high profile patient, no information should have been given out over the phone, even if this nurse did think it was the Queen.

Most of these comments make me want to commit suicide (aye, that's an opening for the stampeding knee-jerk, cake-holes to demonstrate their quick wits once again on this board).

In the end, who gets the last laugh? You may not like her methods, as she is now dead, but she sure stuck-it back to those insensitive jerk-off DJs. Some twerps need to learn their lessons, no matter the price.

First of all, saying the woman was responsible for her actions, is not blaming the victim, as some here have suggested. It is just saying she was responsible for her suicide, not the DJs.

Suicide is on of those things you can't blame on someone else.

I also dont believe one single act, takes an otherwise content person, and drives them to suicide.

This woman had to be troubled by some things before this incident occured. That isn't blaming her, it just has to be a fact. Happy, calm content people do not commit suicide regardless of what strange situation comes there way.

She hung herself because she forwarded a call to another hospital staff member?????? Wait a minute, are we absolutely certain that there was no foul play here??? This seems like a rather large over-reaction. She only forwarded a phone call.

This is as believable as the Arabs going nuts over a horrible US Movie and killing our ambassador. It doesn't make sense. Did anyone question the husband??

This poor woman probably had so much pressure on her as a result of this "slip". I sure that she received some kind of reprimand from her employer on top of public humiliation. And to those who walk among us... who isn't dealing with depression and stress these days?

This is a damned shame that she took her life, that the kids lost a mom and her family suffers the loss of a loved one.

The Brits and UK are so hyper about the royals. Incredible!!

There is also the possibility that it wasn't a suicide.

I think the people responsible, need to do time. All of them. Not just the DJ's, but the people who approved it above them. management, whomever. An inquiry should be able to find out who did what.

Heads need to roll. You cant drive someone to suicide, and then claim no-foul, and "ohh we never thought it would be a big deal". BS. This was a Malicious act, with no thought at all for the consequences of the victim. Typical Paparazzi style harassment for ratings. Its time these creeps pay for the damage they cause.

There is always the possibility that it wasn't suicide.

Nobody gets to decide what someone else should have been able to handle or not. The nurse looks like she comes from a different culture where standards may be different. Not everyone around the world gets tacky, juvenile "jokes" made at other's expense. People need to raise the bar a little on what entertains them, and start giving a little thought as to how their actions impacts others.

What happened to her is the most extreme for of depression. This is why if your loved ones are behaving oddly you should be concerned. Be nosey ask questions call their doctor get involved. Life without them is harder they don't seem to realize it but it is make them see it tell them how much they matter and how much you care. Most people think this is selfish but it in fact is an act of desperation.

I'm reminded of Howard Stern's interview with Dana Plato on May 7, 1999. After struggling to re-establish her career and fending off bad press from her arrest record, he allowed wackos and dreggs of society to harass and verbally abuse her. She died of a drug overdose the following day.

All she did was transfer the call to another nurse. If that was enough to make her suicidal, then there must have been a dozen other things in her life that could have caused the same reaction. The police still list her death as "unexplained." For all we know, there are other explanations. Can't we wait until all the evidence is in before we assign blame? For all you people blaming the DJs, if one of them commits suicide, are you going to hold yourself responsible?

Is anyone else questioning this being a suicide? It doesn't make sense to me at all that this woman would kill herself over a prank phone call. She was a mother of two, a wife, and a well-respected nurse. How long had she lived in the country? What does her husband do, and where is he from? Does the handwriting on the notes even match hers? If she was a nurse, she had access to drugs that she could have used to kill herself...so, why go through the more difficult process of hanging yourself? Why were there bruises on her wrists? Typically, when someone writes a suicide note, they write only one, and then they leave it somewhere in their own home, typically where they know a spouse will find it. I understand that the public is not being informed of all the details here, but from what has been reported, this doesn't sound like a suicide.

I am angry and pissed of that everyone is holding the DJ's and radio station guilty of murder, when this nurse clearly decided to kill herself, and why is the radio station giving a half million to her family, I believe this was a stunt by the nurse, who was probably in financial trouble to get money out of this, well it worked, and these crazy people now want the radio station to put it in writing that they are responsible for her murder, what is going on here!!!

I had been under the impression that the nurse who was found dead was the nurse that actually disclosed Kate's condition. This article says this was the nurse who transferred the call. That hardly seems like something to kill yourself over. Honestly, it seems a little overly dramatic. She had to have other issues going on, I can't believe this was the only reason she killed herself. I would be pissed if I were the patient, thinking someone as unstable as she was in charge of my care in the first place. And the DJ's should not be held accountable, they are certainly not responsible. It's ridiculous to even pursue a lawsuit much less any kind of jail sentence. It was a prank call, not the end of the world.....

We've not heard a single word about how her superiors at the hospital treated her over the prank. Why are the contents of the suicide notes not revealed? Perhaps THEY, her superiors, are responsible for what seems an over-reaction to the prank. Did the superiors over-react?

There has to be more to this than meets the eye. There had to be something else going on in her life at the time and this incident just pushed her over the top.

I'll bet that when all the facts come in, you may be surprised that this may have been a murder. Why would someone who supposedly hung themselves have bruised wrists? Also, how many suicide notes does a person need to leave? I believe the count was (3).

You can be sure of one thing. Whatever happened had (0) to do with the prank phone call!!!!

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If the nurse was that unstable she was in the wrong profession. I am sorry for her family but the DJ had nothing to do with it...and

DJ's have been pulling those pranks for years. I feel sorry for the DJ and how upset they must be, but they should not feel guilty at all!