Britain: Charges possible in royal prank call case

Published December 22, 2012 2:53pm ET



LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors are weighing whether to press charges over a royal hoax call that preceded a nurse’s apparent suicide, police said Saturday.

Two Australian DJs impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and her son, Prince Charles, as they phoned London’s King Edward VII hospital in the early hours of Dec. 4 to ask about the condition of the Duchess of Cambridge, formerly Kate Middleton, who had been hospitalized there after suffering from acute morning sickness stemming from her pregnancy.

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