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Prince William and the royal family paid tribute to a Briton killed in the New Orleans terror attack.
Edward Pettifer, 31, was identified as one of the victims of the attack on Bourbon Street in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
Pettifer was from London and his stepmother was formerly Prince William and Prince Harry’s nanny.
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Prince William and the royal family paid tribute to a Briton killed in the New Orleans terror attack. (London’s Metropolitan Police/Audrey Conklin/Fox News Digital /Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images)
“Catherine and I were shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Ed Pettifer,” said a statement posted on the Prince and Princess of Wales’ official Instagram account.
“Our thoughts and prayers remain with the Pettifer family and all the innocent people who were tragically affected by this horrific attack.”
The statement ended with the letter W as Prince William signed the tribute posted on social media.
In the 1990s, Pettifer’s stepmother, Alexandra “Tiggy” Legge-Bourke, was Prince William and Prince Harry’s nanny.
The Pettifer family shared a statement from London’s Metropolitan Police.
Royal Nanny “Tiggy” Legge-Bourke with Prince William and Prince Harry in 1994. (Julian Parker/UK Press via Getty Images)
“The entire family is devastated by the tragic news of Ed’s death in New Orleans. He was a wonderful son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend to so many.”
“We will all miss him terribly. Our thoughts are with the other families who lost family members in this horrific attack. We ask that we, as a family, be able to grieve the loss of Ed privately. Thank you.”
According to Reuters, King Charles was reportedly deeply saddened to learn of Pettifer’s death and had contacted the family to express his personal condolences.
“Catherine and I were shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Ed Pettifer,” said a statement posted on the Prince and Princess of Wales’ official Instagram account. (Reuters)
Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Pettifer’s father Charles, a former British Army officer, married “Tiggy” in 1999, shortly after she stepped down as Prince William and Prince Harry’s nanny.
The family remained close to the British royal family, and Pettifer’s stepbrother Tom was a page to William and Kate Middleton’s wedding in 2011.
At least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured in Wednesday’s attack, the FBI said.
A memorial to the victims of the New Year’s Eve terrorist attack on Bourbon Street following the street’s reopening on Friday in New Orleans. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
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Heartbroken family and friends began searching for the growing number of victims after Shamsud-Din Jabbar, whom police identified as the man who carried out the attack, drove a pickup truck into a large crowd on Bourbon Street raced.
Jabbar was “determined to inflict the carnage and damage that he did,” New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said.
Police officers from multiple agencies on Bourbon Street after at least 14 people were killed in New Orleans in the early hours of New Year’s Day. (Michael DeMocker/Getty Images)
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“It was very deliberate behavior,” he said Superintendent of Police added. “This man tried to run over as many people as possible.”
Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Alex Nitzberg, Danielle Wallace and Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
