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For years, Mel Greig was the face of the royal prank call that turned deadly. Now, her former boss speaks out

In 2012, radio host Mel Greig made a royal prank call that shocked the world. One woman took her own life; another is haunted to this day. How did the joke go so wrong?

In 2012, she and her 2Day FM co-host Michael Christian posed as royalty and obtained private medical information from a hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton was a patient. Mel, who was co-host of the Hot30 Countdown, a hugely popular radio show that broadcast across Australia, knew they needed to find a creative way to cover the story. According to a 2014 ACMA report on the royal prank call, part of this condition required 2Day FM to employ content monitors for any program involving Kyle Sandilands, including the Hot30 Countdown.

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