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Alana Calvert

Mel Greig: Australian DJ behind royal prank spent years battling ‘suicidal thoughts’

Michael Christian and Mel Greig made a hoax call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge during her first pregnancy in 201

(Picture: PA Media)

An Australian radio DJ who made an ill-fated prank call to a British nurse days before she took her own life has said she spent the ensuing years "battling" for her life and struggling against "suicidal thoughts".

Mel Greig had been working at Sydney's 2Day FM when she and colleague Mike Christian rang King Edward VII Hospital in London "to see how quickly we could get hung up on" and "to our surprise, we were immediately transferred to the private nurse of the Duchess (of Cambridge)".

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