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Edward Pettifer, a Briton linked to the royal family, killed in the attack on New

Edward Pettifer, a Briton linked to the royal family, killed in the attack on New
Edward Pettifer, a Briton linked to the royal family, killed in the attack on New Orleans

King Charles III contacted the victim's family to offer his condolences.

A 31-year-old British man, who was the stepson of the former housekeeper of Princes William and Harry, is among 14 people killed on New Year's Eve in the Islamist car-ramming attack in New , British police announced on Saturday.

Charles III is “deeply saddened” by the death of Edward Pettifer, the British PA agency reported. The king contacted the victim's family to offer his condolences.

Edward Pettifer was the stepson of Princes William and Harry's former governess, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, who is also known as Alexandra Pettifer. She married Charles Pettifer, Edward's father, in the late 1990s. Prince William was also informed of the death of Edward Pettifer, according to the PA agency. The Metropolitan Police said it supported the victim's family and helped them with the procedure for repatriating the body to the United Kingdom.

We will miss him terribly.

The family

Edward Pettifer's family is “devastated by the tragic news of Ed’s death”. “We will miss him terribly. Our thoughts are with the other families who have lost a family member following this terrible attack.“, she added, quoted in the Metropolitan Police press release.

Fourteen people were killed, and around thirty others killed, in the attack, which occurred in the tourist French quarter of New Orleans, in the south of the United States, in the midst of New Year's festivities. A former American soldier, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, “inspired” by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), rushed his car into the crowd. He was later killed in exchanges of fire with police.


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