This is so sad

Just read that...horrible news.

That's a sad story.

The excuse given that it was all meant in fun seems to be a popular excuse made by people who do not empathize with those whom they impact with their deeds and statements.

:-(

Nobody pushed her. A couple of idiots called up pretending to be the Queen and asked how she was doing. They didn't say or do anything derogatory to the nurse, or anyone really. I don't see this as bullying at all. Just a stupid prank that happened to catch a mentally disturbed person off guard. What's scary about this is, she was well liked and respected, yet nobody saw this underlying problem? You don't kill yourself over a prank phone call ... there was a lot more going on below the surface than she let on. Who knows what this may have manifested in to had she gone on without getting help for her mental illness.

if she took her own life then she was already having problems we don't know about. 

however, I do agree completely with mike.  by doing nothing more than passing the caller on "as family" then she unwittingly was duped into violating the medical privacy laws and therefore her career as a nurse would be over.

Maybe she was reprimanded by her employers and that pushed her over the edge. Or maybe she had a little visit & warning from MI5 that scared the bejesus out of her. The prank probably caused a lot of embarrassment both for the hospital and the Royal Family. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that she took it in the neck from both angles. 

Hell, for all we know, the Royal Family murdered her and made it look like a suicide.

Stranger things have happened ...

I would suspect MI7 but that would be in bad form so I will agree with both Bub and Mike. There is more than meets the eye and it is very sad. I'm sure that the blame will fall squarely on the DJs but it may actually lie elsewhere. We may never know. I am so sorry for her family and for Kate who must feel horrible about this too. I also have done pranks that turned out to be a bad idea.

Life is so precious and we hold so it so carelessly in such fragile containers.

Who would have thought that call would end in this... no one I think.

It certainly is sad... that much we know.

J

Nobody is sure of the cause of her making the decision to end her own life as yet, the Hospital and St James palace have both issued statements saying that she was supported and not subject to any disciplinary action as a result of being duped.
 
If the two broadcasters responsible are feeling bad about their actions just now whether they were an influence in the decision that ultimately led to this death or not then you could class them as having at least some sense of human responsibility.
 
Sometimes tragedy is just that, it doesn't lessen because there may be a cause to point fingers at.  There's also a point to be learned as to whether she'd still be alive today without the action of those radio presenters.
 
What we do does have an impact and it can be the unseen last straw that would bring about a decision for someone to take their own life.  Sometimes we say things expressly to make an impression, an impact or cause influence, we can't then say we haven't played a part and she died because she's was just a flake.
 
I agree totally with the OP's title, it's very, very sad.

Yup, I understand Bub what you are saying.  

Thats just kind of how it struck me initially when I seen this.
I guess what I meant by Bullying is all that happened after the fact and how it all hit her personally.  Im sure there is more to her story prior to this but with the scope of the situation and it being Royalty and all the publicity hitting her from this, it had to be a HUGE factor in her actions.

No telling how Englands Patient confidentiality Laws compare to ours (HIPPA).  

In hind-sight Im sure there are MANY ways this particular thing could have went better but I imagine that when you are a tending nurse to royalty and a call come in saying its the Queen and wanting to check up on her, well the brain will do funny things to you and how you respond at that point in time.

No telling.  Just a sad story

Very sad but there must be more to it than the prank call.

Even Charlie was joking with a TV crew about it (the prank call) last night. When asked for his views on Kate being pregnant he said "How do you know I'm not a radio station?" and then laughed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20631818