LONDON (Reuters) – British police have named one of many victims of the New Yr’s Day assault in New Orleans as Edward Pettifer, a 31-year-old from London whose stepmother was a nanny to Prince William and Prince Harry.

He was amongst 14 folks killed by a U.S. Military veteran who had pledged allegiance to Islamic State and rammed a truck right into a crowd of revellers.

“The entire family are devastated at the tragic news of Ed’s death in New Orleans,” Pettifer’s household stated in a press release issued by London’s Metropolitan Police.

A royal supply stated King Charles was deeply saddened to study of Pettifer’s dying and had been in contact together with his household to go on private condolences.

Pettifer’s father Charles, a former British military officer, married Tiggy Legge-Bourke in 1999 shortly after she had stepped down as nanny to William and Harry.

The household remained near British royalty and Pettifer’s stepbrother Tom was a web page at William’s marriage ceremony in 2011.