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It's perfectly normal for anyone picking up the phone. Someone rings your home and asks for someone. If you don't know them don't you ask who it is and what do they want? You just seem to be making excuses for the complete amateurish way the nurses responded to the call. Especially a hospital...

Getting real would be understanding you have a high profile patient under your care. Assuming should not come into play when dealing with any contact trying to be made regarding her. What if the people making the call wanted to find out where she was in the hospital and pulled such a stunt so...

So what if they knew she was in residence? Does that still mean you won't enquire as to "Kate who?" as a measure of security or at the least so that you don't look like an idiot and put them through to the wrong person. What kind of an person doesn't find out exactly who the person is...

That still doesn't answer why none of them asked "Kate who?" Kate could be a nurse, a cleaner, a cook, a visitor, a patient or even a wrong number. Culture has absolutely nothing to do with that question. Yet not once was it asked to ascertain who the caller was wanting to speak too. Are we...

Well they do say two heads are better than one!

Hospital: Hello Good morning. Mel Greig, pretending to be the Queen: Oh Hello there, could I please speak to Kate, my granddaughter? Hospital: Oh yes, just hold on a moment Since when does nobody ask the most basic question "Kate who?"

Has it been pointed out that when the DJ says can I speak to Kate my grand daughter the nurses reaction? Wouldn't your first reaction be Kate who? from the nurse. Surely you'd want to confirm who the person wants to talk to, like a surname or other information to ascertain which Kate you wished...

Who else can make that decision but her?

His comment was made after her death had been announced. As for the prank, I don't think its was even close to demeaning anyone. The questions asked stayed clean, slightly inqusistive and in no way aimed to make the person have to make a fool of themselves and give stupid answers. As far as...

I rarely openly laugh at my computer monitor (somehow feels weird), but I did at that comment! :lolol:

I just find it hard to believe a Mother would chose to abandon her children because of something like this. From all accounts she was a good mother so it's a well over the top reaction to leave her family behind like that on such a short notice action.

Well Prince Charles thought the prank funny. So perhaps it is the Royal "we".

Some people took this book too serious...

Except we aren't accusing anyone of anything.

Speaking of unsubstantiated "If there had been no phone call, she would have been alive today." That's as you put it.

Except you don't know that. You're just leaping to conclusions with zero evidence to back your claim.

How do you know she wouldn't have still killed herself? What if it was something at work which lead to her actions. What if she stuffed up a medication for a patient or the like and it was that which sent her over the edge? Your truth has no actual facts to support it.

That's not British culture though. The culture of the nation to which the hospital resides in and call made too. Be honest, British culture is world renowned for being able to laugh at itself. A trait which is admired and copied by many.

That's all well and good except the second nurse was the only one who divulged any information. A local born woman who should have picked up on the silliness of the call. Do you know what the great irony is here? That the British press are pontificating over this feeble gag like it's the end...

What about all the people who use sarcasm out there? Are they now under notice that their style of humour may cause someone to feel belittled or ridiculed and potentially top themselves? That's how pedantic the worlds getting.