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Funeral in India for royal hoax call nurse

Family and friends of the nurse who was found hanged after taking a hoax call to the hospital treating Prince William's wife gathered for her funeral in a small town in southwest India.

Benedict Barbosa (C), husband of late Indian nurse Jacintha Saldanha, arrives to inspect preparations of her grave at Shirva Church Cemetery, near Mangalore, on December 17, 2012. Family and friends of the nurse, who was found hanged after taking a hoax call to the hospital treating Prince William's wife, gathered for her funeral in southwest India.

Indian-born Jacintha Saldanha, 46, apparently committed suicide after answering the telephone call from Australian radio DJs to the hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was admitted with acute morning sickness.

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