The radio DJs have apologised to the family of the nurse who answered their prank call in an emotional interview on Today Tonight. Courtesy:Channel Seven

RADIO 2Day FM DJ Mel Greig is set to appear at the inquest into the death of British nurse Jacintha Saldanha.

The nurse died after taking a hoax call from Greig and 2Day FM host Michael Christian who posed as the Queen and Prince Charles last December.

Lawyers Slater & Gordon issued a statement this morning saying that Ms Greig will appear at the inquest later this year.

“Ms Saldanha’s suicide was a devastating tragedy and Ms Greig’s thoughts have been with the family ever since,” the statement says.

“Ms Greig fully understands their need for answers, which is why she has taken this step to appear as an individual at the inquest.

“She is determined to address any questions surrounding her role in these tragic events as part of the inquest.”

The decision comes as Britain’s Sunday Times reports that one of three suicide notes left by the nurse blames Ms Greig and Mr Christian for her death.

“Please accept my apologies,” the note purportedly says. “I am truly sorry.

“Thank you for all your support. I hold Radio Australians Mel Greig and Michael Christian responsible for this act. Please make them pay my mortgage. I am sorry. Jacintha.”

Slater & Gordon says that Ms Greig "wants the family to know she will answer any questions the coroner or the family’s lawyers have at the inquest".

Slater & Gordon spokesman Steven Lewis said that Greig had been granted the right to appear at the inquest late last week, and her decision to attend was unrelated to reports of the suicide note.

He also said that the law firm had had no contact from Michael Christian and were not representing him.

Yesterday it was revealed that Saldanha, who died after taking a hoax call from two Australian DJs posing as the Queen and Prince Charles, blamed the call on her death and asked her bosses to get the radio announcers to pay her mortgage.

Mother of two Jacintha Saldanha was found dead in a nurses block near her King Edward VII hospital workplace last December from a suspected suicide. An inquest into her death is expected to reopen and conclude this week.

But, according to The Sunday Times , one of three suicide notes left by the nurse directly blames the 2Day FM radio DJs behind the prank Ms Greig and Michael Christian for her death.

"Please accept my apologies," the note purportedly said.

"I am truly sorry. Thankyou for all your support. I hold Radio Australians Mel Greig and Michael Christian responsible for this act. Please make them pay my mortgage. I am sorry. Jacintha."

Read more about the letter at The Sunday Times

The DJs called the hospital posing as members of the royal family a day after the Duchess of Cambridge was admitted with acute morning sickness.

The pair laughed through the episode with their bad English accents which was recorded and then broadcast. Ms Saldanha answered the initial phone call then put it through to the ward treating the Duchess.

Another nurse, believing she was talking to the Queen, answered the call and spoke about Kate's condition and how she was fairing.

The prank make headlines around the world and three days later Ms Saldanha was found dead by a hospital security guard.

It is understood she had made three notes including one that references another dispute she was having with hospital management on an unrelated matter. The inquest is expected to hear how she had apparently attempted suicide on at least two occasions before prior to the radio hoax call being made.

Ms Greig has yet to return on-air and both she and Mr Christian are said to have been traumatised by the consequences of their broadcast. 2Day FM owners Southern Cross has paid a $500,000 into a trust fund for Ms Saldhanha’s family including her two children Junal, 17 and 14-year-old Lisha.

The company is to be legally represented at the inquest, with the Saldanha family legal representatives indicated they were likely to take action against the station owners.

Ms Saldanha's remains hopeful an inquest will unravel the events that led to her death.

British MP Keith Vaz, who has been representing the family, says three months after the Indian-born nurse's death there remain a number of unanswered questions.

Mr Vaz has said he's astonished the prestigious King Edward VII hospital had a nurse rather than a trained operator answering calls at reception.



"The family remain hopeful the inquest and investigating will provide the answers they seek," the MP has previously said in a statement.

Southern Cross Media Group, which owns 2day FM who staged the prank, has been granted a position on the legal bench at the Westminster Coroners Court inquest into the death of the mother of two.



The move came after Ms Saldanha's family hired a QC to act for them at the inquest which could partly apportion blame for her death on the radio DJs and the station that allowed the airing of the prank call.



At the end of March, the coroner's court handed over copies of all the evidence gathered for the inquiry including copies of the three notes she left before her apparent suicide, a police report, toxicology results, a statement from the duty nurse who was the last person to see her alive as well as a letter from her GP which is expected to detail whether she was on medication at the time of her death.



It is reported she may have been taking antidepressants prescribed to her by a doctor in India after an incidence of self harm while on holidays in her native country.



The court ordered copies of the evidence be given to Southern Cross Media’s lawyer Maya Sikand to prepare for the May 2 inquest. It is understood the inquest has been delayed.

Despite the broadcaster, the family, the police and the King Edward VII Hospital all being granted legal representation at the inquest, the coroner has warned all parties she will not accept "adversarial issues" to cloud proceedings.



The caution came as Ms Saldanha's lawyer John Cooper, QC, hinted there was likely to be a dispute with both the radio station and the hospital since the former claimed it had rung the nurses back to seek permission to broadcast the prank which Mr Cooper said was not correct and the hospital for placing Ms Saldanha to answer telephone calls which may be outside her contract of employment.



The inquiry is expected to hear from four witnesses including the duty nurse who saw her last and the hospital boss John Lofthouse.



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