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Aussie DJ who prank called Kate Middleton nurse quits

Embattled radio host Mel Greig has quit, parting ways with Australian radio station Southern Cross Austereo almost a year after the infamous royal radio prank call which forced her off the air.

A joint statement says said both parties have “amicably resolved all aspects of their dispute arising from the royal hoax call.”

On December 5, 2012, Greig and on-air co-host Michael Christian made a prank call to the London hospital where the then-pregnant Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton was being treated for morning sickness.

The nurse who put through the call, Jacintha Saldanha, later took her own life.

The radio pair went off air immediately after the incident.

While Christian returned to the airwaves in early February to broadcast from Melbourne, Adelaide-born Greig in July lodged a general protections claim with the Fair Work Commission against her employer for “failing to maintain a safe workplace.”

Greig has been employed by Austereo since the prank-call incident, but has not returned to broadcasting.

Greig and Austereo will part company officially on December 31, the statement says.

“Mel Greig wishes to make it clear that as an announcer she was not responsible for the decision to broadcast the hoax call,” it reads.

“Prior to the call being broadcast she made suggestions for changes to be made to the recording of the call. 2Day FM decided that the call should be broadcast without alteration.”

This article originally appeared on News.com.au.