A post-mortem examination is due to be held later on the nurse who apparently took her own life after she fell victim to a prank call made to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge.
Tributes have been paid to Jacintha Saldanha, who was found dead on Friday days after she was tricked by two Australian radio hosts who called the King Edward VII Hospital in central London.
She transferred the presenters, believing they were the Queen and the Prince of Wales, to a colleague who divulged details about Kate's treatment for severe morning sickness.
Ms Saldanha, 46, from Bristol, was found dead in a block of nurses' flats close to the hospital, where she stayed while working in London.
MP Keith Vaz met her family on Monday and said they had been "devastated" by the loss of a "loving mother and a loving wife".
Flanked by Ms Saldanha's husband Benedict Barboza and her two teenage children, Mr Vaz said: "They miss her every moment of every day but they are really grateful to the support of the British public and to the public overseas for the messages of support and kindness."
Ms Saldanha's family have been left "devastated" by their loss Mr Vaz has called for the hospital to provide the family with more support and to hold an inquiry.
His criticism came after the DJs behind the call, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, broke their silence about the nurse's death.
Interviewed on Australian TV networks, the 2Day FM presenters said there had been "a tragic turn of events no-one could have predicted or expected".
A tearful Greig told Today Tonight on Australia's Channel Seven: "There's nothing that can make me feel worse than what I feel right now. And for what I feel for the family."
Police in London have contacted their Australian counterparts with a view to interviewing the pair ahead of an inquest into Ms Saldanha's death.
In response to Mr Vaz's criticism the hospital said its chief executive John Lofthouse had spoken to the nurse's husband on Friday by phone and offered to meet him whenever he wanted.
Southern Cross Austereo, the parent company of 2Day FM, has suspended advertising on the Sydney radio station until further notice, ended Greig and Christian's Hot 30 show and suspended prank calls across the company.
Mr Christian and Ms Greig have spoken emotionally about the tragedy Rhys Holleran, chief executive of the firm, has said the station called the hospital five times to discuss what it had recorded before going to air.
Under Australian regulations, the permission of anyone on the receiving end of a radio prank must be sought before the call can be broadcast.
But the hospital denied on Monday that anyone within its senior management or media unit was contacted.
Mr Holleran insisted the appropriate checks were conducted before the pre-recorded item was broadcast, and defended the presenters in an interview late on Monday with Australia's Ten Network.
Asked if anyone in authority above the hosts was at the station when the call was made, he said: "I think that it is important that these two individuals did not recklessly just decide to put something to air."
He said the "went through a process", without going into details.
Ms Saldanha was originally from Mangalore in southwest India, according to reports, and her teenage children are said to be daughter Lisha, 14, and son Junal, 16.
Scotland Yard said the post-mortem examination would be held at Westminster Mortuary and it was likely an inquest would be opened and adjourned at Westminster Coroner's Court later this week.
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