Australian DJs impersonating the Queen manage to extract top secret information.
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[quote=BBC News]The hospital treating the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge says it "deeply regrets" giving information about her to hoax callers from a radio station. Australian DJs posing as the Queen and Prince Charles got details from a nurse at King Edward VII hospital in central London. The hospital said confidentiality was taken seriously and telephone protocols are under review. 2Day FM said it was surprised to be put through but "sincerely apologises".
Prince William visited his wife at the hospital and later Catherine's sister Pippa and brother James also arrived. The prince has been a daily visitor since Catherine was admitted with acute morning sickness - [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/hyperemesisgravidarum1.shtml"]hyperemesis gravidarum[/URL] - on Monday.A spokesman for William and Catherine said he would be making no comment on the hoax call.
[B]Two presenters on the Sydney-based radio station are reported to have convinced staff they were the royals, were connected to the duchess's private nurse in the early hours of Tuesday morning and given an update on her condition. Someone was also heard to be making barking sounds in the background to mimic what the presenters said were the Queen's corgis.
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John Lofthouse, the hospital's chief executive, said: "This was a foolish prank call that we all deplore." The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and Duchess of Cornwall have all been treated at the private hospital over the years. And the Royal Family has been the target of hoax callers before. In 1995 Canadian DJ Pierre Brassard, pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, was put through to the Queen when she was at Buckingham Palace.
In a statement, 2Day FM said it "sincerely apologises for any inconvenience caused by the inquiry... The radio segment was done with the best intentions, we're glad to hear Kate is doing well and we wish her all the best."
[B]The presenters behind the call, Mel Grieg and Michael Christian, said: "We were very surprised that our call was put through, we thought we'd be hung up on as soon as they heard our terrible accents[/B]. We're very sorry if we've caused any issues and we're glad to hear that Kate is doing well."
BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said the hospital insisted there was no chance of the callers getting through to Catherine herself.[/quote]
[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20610197"]Source (with Sound Clip)[/URL]
That's some shonky business right there.
[quote]"The radio segment was done with the best intentions"[/quote]
Bullshit
Why would a nurse give out information over the phone, unless she was given permission to do so? That's stupid.
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;38714028]Why would a nurse give out information over the phone, unless she was given permission to do so? That's stupid.[/QUOTE]
Because it was the Queen of Australia on the phone, duh!
So what information did they manage to extract exactly? From what I gather, they spoke to a nurse pretending to be royalty and that's about it.
[QUOTE=Scotchair;38714148]So what information did they manage to extract exactly? From what I gather, they spoke to a nurse pretending to be royalty and that's about it.[/QUOTE]
If it's confidential, let's try to keep it that way? I may not like monarchies, but they're entitled to their privacy as a family.
[QUOTE=Scotchair;38714148]So what information did they manage to extract exactly? From what I gather, they spoke to a nurse pretending to be royalty and that's about it.[/QUOTE]
"Kate is doing well"
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;38714189]If it's confidential, let's try to keep it that way? I may not like monarchies, but they're entitled to their privacy as a family.[/QUOTE]
White knight
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;38714028]Why would a nurse give out information over the phone, unless she was given permission to do so? That's stupid.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I work the medical field and you're not supposed to at any circumstance whatsoever.
Then you're fired
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;38714189]If it's confidential, let's try to keep it that way? I may not like monarchies, but they're entitled to their privacy as a family.[/QUOTE]
And yet you're an emperor?
That title looks like something from a mad-lib.
[QUOTE=Scotchair;38714148]So what information did they manage to extract exactly? From what I gather, they spoke to a nurse pretending to be royalty and that's about it.[/QUOTE]
The beginning of the call says,
"Hello, this is the Queen, could I speak to my granddaughter Kate please?"
and the nurse just says, "yes of course, just a minute"
Not sure what happens after
I absolutely [I]love[/I] how some pomes are getting really riled about this
Hospital is threatening legal action oh man
[QUOTE=smurfy;38714002]Bullshit[/QUOTE]
What do you expect them to say, "Oh we were totally dicking around"? Of fucking course they're gonna leave a statement like that otherwise they gonna get done slapped.
[QUOTE=Take_Opal;38714520]White knight[/QUOTE]
It's it really only white knighting if the person that they are standing up for KNOWS that they are standing up for them.
Also you're an ass.
The saddest thing is that a radio station exists that still thinks prank calls are funny.
[QUOTE=Memobot;38717070]The saddest thing is that a radio station exists that still thinks prank calls are funny.[/QUOTE]
They are if you know how to impersonate a rabbi.
[QUOTE=QwertySecond;38715106]And yet you're an emperor?[/QUOTE]
I support no monarchies but my own.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;38722867]I support no monarchies but my own.[/QUOTE]
All men are equal, except for me. I am better than everyone.
[QUOTE=zombojoe;38722967]All men are equal, except for me. I am better than everyone.[/QUOTE]
Not better.
Just more equal.
[QUOTE][B]Someone was also heard to be making barking sounds in the background to mimic what the presenters said were the Queen's corgis.[/B][/QUOTE]
my sides are in orbit
If anyone has heard the accent the guy did to impersonate the queen it sounds ridiculous
Prince Charles referenced the incident
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biADHEvn4RI[/media]
[QUOTE=Take_Opal;38714520]White knight[/QUOTE]
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Australian commercial radio is full of deadshit bogans feeding us crap like this, this shit isn't that uncommon (30 year olds doing stupid prank calls). It's only an issue if it's the Royal Family cause no one fucks with the Royal Family, they are better than us common folk.
I'm Australian and I heard the clip on the radio a few times now, it was just a prank they didn't actually expect to get through, the nurse really did believe it was the queen you could tell because she was really nervous.
I thought it was funny.
[editline]7th December 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=EndOfTheWorld;38732603]Australian commercial radio is full of deadshit bogans feeding us crap like this, this shit isn't that uncommon (30 year olds doing stupid prank calls). It's only an issue if it's the Royal Family cause no one fucks with the Royal Family, they are better than us common folk.[/QUOTE]
You listen to FM radio don't you?
Did you guys hear that the nurse has committed suicide.
[QUOTE=st0rmforce;38740476]Did you guys hear that the nurse has committed suicide.[/QUOTE]
Heard it on the radio on the way home today, wow.
[QUOTE=Glent;38740485]Heard it on the radio on the way home today, wow.[/QUOTE]
"Best intentions"
Best...
Best...
[QUOTE=st0rmforce;38740476]Did you guys hear that the nurse has committed suicide.[/QUOTE]
"suicide"
right
She wasn't fired from her job or anything like that. She probably had underlying issues for her to suicide over this.
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