Pressing matter
The brainless Australian DJs who perpetrated the hoax call could not have known that their actions would result in a death and they will have to live with that guilt for the rest of their lives. Nevertheless, their actions were symptomatic of a world where childish behaviour is acceptable, while decency and thought for others are ignored in an effort to be funny or achieve some sort of celebrity status.
However, why were nurses left to fend off questions about the duchess’s condition? Where were members of the royal press corps, even at that ungodly time of the morning?
Bob MacDougall
Kippen
Stirlingshire