Nightly News   |  December 05, 2012

Radio station prank fools Kate Middleton’s nurse

A nurse caring for the Duchess of Cambridge, who is being treated for morning sickness at King Edward VII’s Hospital, thought the Australian radio station really was Queen Elizabeth calling to inquire about Kate. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> and a prank phone call gets the attention in london and around the world this morning. two morning radio hosts had the bright idea to call the hospital treating the pregnant duchess. they asked to speak to her, and unlikely as it may seem they got through to her nurse. and you're about to hear, the call sounded like a bad monty python sketch, with them doing an act of queen elizabeth .

>> good morning. how may i help you?

>> hello, i'm just after my granddaughter, kate, i want to see how her little stomach is going.

>> she has had an uneventful night.

>> you hate to hear that kind of thing. tonight the two radio hosts apologized. for the record, we're told that kate is indeed feeling better.