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   Scotland Yard has been in touch with Australian police over the death of a nurse from the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated for morning sickness. 
   
   Jacintha Saldanha, 46, died on Friday, days after she answered a prank phone call from Australian DJs pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles. 
   
   An inquest into the apparent suicide is due to be opened this week. 
   
   The DJs responsible have been taken off air and are receiving counselling. 
   
   Southern Cross Austereo, owner of 2Day FM, held an emergency board meeting on Sunday, but made no comment afterwards. 
   
   It has suspended all advertising on the station until Monday, while DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian are on indefinite leave. 
   
   The pair are said to be in a fragile condition and receiving "intense counselling", because of the hostile reaction to their prank. 
   
   Meanwhile, the Duke of Cambridge has cancelled his appearance at the British Military Tournament at Earl's Court in London on Sunday. 
   
   A St James's Palace spokesman said he would spend the day "privately with the duchess instead". 
   
   Regarding official contact, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "Officers have been in contact with Australian authorities." 
   
   Analysis Legal experts say that Australian DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian are unlikely to be prosecuted at home or in the UK over the tragic royal hospital prank because they hadn't shown "guilty intent." However, the radio pair may well have violated the Surveillance Devices Act in the state of New South Wales. It prohibits the broadcasting of private conversations acquired using a "listening device". Sanctions could also be imposed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. It is investigating whether 2Day FM breached its licence conditions or industry rules. ACMA could strip the station of its right to broadcast, although that is unlikely. Station bosses continue to stress that no laws were broken and that the pre-recorded spoof interview had been scrutinised and approved by lawyers before it was aired. Any pain the commercial radio network will feel will probably be financial, in the short term at least. Several anxious advertisers have already abandoned 2Day FM in response to a largely hostile reaction from the Australian public. 
   
   In certain circumstances, including when a death is sudden or unexpected, police report deaths to a coroner and can be involved in investigating the circumstances. 
   
   The deputy commissioner for New South Wales Police, Nick Kaldas, said: "They haven't actually asked us to do anything yet, but we've certainly opened up the lines of communication and obviously we're happy to assist in any way we can." 
   
   He added: "All I can say at the moment is that it's been indicated that the London Metropolitan Police may wish to speak to the people involved in the matter from 2Day FM. 
   
   "But we haven't been asked to do anything yet, and we certainly have not been asked to interview anyone, or line up any interviews for the Met." 
   
   Legal experts say that the DJs are unlikely to be prosecuted in Australia or the UK because they had not shown "guilty intent," reported BBC correspondent Phil Mercer in Sydney. 
   
   However, the radio pair may well have violated the Surveillance Devices Act in the state of New South Wales. It prohibits the broadcasting of private conversations acquired using a "listening device". 
   
   Station bosses say no laws were broken and that the pre-recorded spoof interview had been approved by lawyers before it was aired. 
   
   The company board, including chairman Max Moore-Wilton, met on Sunday, but are not expected to release a statement until Monday. 
   
   They discussed the strongly worded letter received from the chairman of King Edward VII's Hospital, where Catherine was being treated for acute morning sickness last week. 
   
   In it, Lord Glenarthur said it was "truly appalling" that the call, in which Mrs Saldanha transfers the caller to the duchess' nurse believing it to be the Queen, was approved by radio management before broadcast. 
   
   Image caption Jacintha Saldanha was married with two children 
   
   Lord Glenarthur also said in his letter: "The immediate consequence of these premeditated and ill-considered actions was the humiliation of two dedicated and caring nurses who were simply doing their job tending to their patients. 
   
   "The longer term consequence has been reported around the world and is, frankly, tragic beyond words." 
   
   He urged Mr Moore-Wilton to ensure such an incident was never repeated. 
   
   A bouquet of flowers was left outside the hospital accommodation where Mrs Saldanha was found on Friday. An attached note said: "We bless your soul." 
   
   While Mrs Saldanha's husband and two children were being comforted at their home in Bristol, her extended family in her native India were coming to terms with her death. 
   
   Her sister-in-law told AFP news agency from south-west India: "We were shocked to hear from her husband that Jacintha was no more. He did not tell us that she committed suicide." 
   
   She added: "Today we are going to the church to pray for her soul and for her children, who are going through a bad time." 
   
   Royal College of Nursing chief executive Peter Carter said the death was "a tragedy that was avoidable". 
   
   "This is the fallout from these hoaxes. We've seen them in the past. Rarely does it have the dramatic effect that it has had on this occasion." ||||| The two DJs at the centre of the royal hospital hoax call tragedy "have expressed a desire to speak" to the media. 
   
   Crisis talks are under way at the company that owns 2Day FM, whose presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian duped Jacintha Saldanha into helping reveal details about the Duchess of Cambridge's health. 
   
   It led to Ms Saldanha's apparent suicide days later. 
   
   A spokesman for Southern Cross Austereo - 2Day FM's parent company - said: "They have expressed a desire to speak. We haven't ascertained when they're ready for that and how we're going to organise that, but they certainly want to." 
   
   Ms Saldanha was found dead days after the prank call 
   
   The firm also said it was reviewing its broadcast processes. 
   
   It comes as the Duke of Cambridge pulled out of attending the British Military Tournament on Sunday night so he can spend time with Kate. 
   
   She is recuperating after receiving hospital treatment for severe morning sickness. 
   
   The royal couple had both originally been due to attend tonight's event, billed as "the largest display of military theatre in the world". 
   
   But all of Kate's forthcoming public engagements were cancelled after she spent three nights at the King Edward VII's Hospital suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum. 
   
   A St James's Palace spokesman said: "The Duke of Cambridge will no longer attend the British Military Tournament at Earl's Court this evening, but will spend Sunday privately with the Duchess instead. 
   
   "It is well known that hyperemesis gravidarum often recurs and, until further notice, to allow the Duchess a degree of privacy during her pregnancy, we do not intend to offer regular condition checks or advise of routine developments associated with it." 
   
   Meanwhile police in Australia have been contacted by Scotland Yard over the death of Ms Saldanha. 
   
   New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas said officers had been in touch - but emphasised there was no suggestion that a crime had been committed. 
   
   He said: "There has been a request for assistance from London's Metropolitan Police to the New South Wales Police through the Australian Federal Police. 
   
   "The request has gone to the city central command - the area where the 2Day FM office is." 
   
   The radio station has responded in writing to a strongly worded protest from the hospital about the prank. The hospital accused the station of humiliating the tragic nurse in the "appalling" stunt. 
   
   The radio station response reads: "We are all saddened by the events of the last few days. They are truly tragic. 
   
   "It is too early to know the full details leading to this tragic event and we are anxious to review the results of any investigation that may be madeavailable to us or made public. 
   
   "We can assure you that we will fully cooperate with all investigations. As we have said in our own statements on the matter, the outcome was unforeseeable and very regrettable. 
   
   "I can assure you we are taking immediate action and reviewing the broadcast processes involved. 
   
   "Our company joins with you, all at the King Edward VII's Hospital and Mrs Saldanha's family and friends in mourning their tragic loss."
target: – Scotland Yard is hoping to take the investigation into the tragic royal prank call Down Under: As the BBC reports, UK police have reached out to their Australian counterparts about investigating the radio DJs who prank-called the hospital where Kate Middleton was being treated for morning sickness. "They haven't actually asked us to do anything yet," says a New South Wales police spokesman, "but we've certainly opened up the lines of communication and obviously we're happy to assist in any way we can." DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian wouldn't be likely targets for prosecution because they showed no "guilty intent," but they could be targeted under Aussie law that prevents public airing of private conversations caught on a "listening device." King Edward VII's Hospital has slammed 2Day FM, calling it "truly appalling" that both management and a station lawyer had approved the prank. Greig and Christian, who were suspended and are said to be undergoing "intense counseling," have "expressed a desire to speak," Sky News reports. "We haven't ascertained when they're ready for that and how we're going to organize that, but they certainly want to," says a spokesman for the radio station's parent company.