Prank radio station boss under attack
The boss of the parent company of the radio station behind a notorious royal prank call has come under fire after dismissing the outcome with the phrase “s**t happens”.
Max Moore-Wilton, chairman of Southern Cross Media, appeared to play down the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha after the prank by 2Day FM DJs Michael Christian and Mel Grieg as he spoke to shareholders in Australia.
Southern Cross owns 2Day FM, which aired the call by Mr Christian and Ms Grieg to London’s King Edward VII’s Hospital, where the then-pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated, last December.
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Hide AdThe call was answered by mother-of-two Ms Saldanha, who put the presenters through to a colleague who gave details of Kate’s condition. Ms Saldanha was found dead three days later after apparently taking her own life.