London:
The London hospital that treated Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine said on Monday that the Australian radio station behind a prank call did not check with them before the hoax was broadcast.
The Sydney station said it had tried to contact King Edward VII's Hospital five times to discuss the prank call conducted with two nurses, one of whom, Jacintha Saldanha, was found dead on Friday in a suspected suicide.
But a hospital spokesman said: "Following the hoax call, the station did not talk to anyone in hospital senior management or anyone at the company that handles our media inquiries."
The 2Day FM hosts who made the call last week, in which they obtained private details of Kate's acute morning sickness by pretending to be Queen Elizabeth II and William's father Prince Charles, spoke on Monday of their grief at the nurse's death.
Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who have been in hiding and undergoing counselling since their hoax sparked global outrage, said they were devastated.
Saldanha, a mother-of-two originally from southern India, was found dead in nurses' accommodation near the hospital on Friday.
She had picked up the prank call and put it through to another nurse, who revealed details of Kate's condition.
Results of the post-mortem could be published later on Monday, although the timing has yet to be confirmed, a police spokeswoman said.