The deadly Fresh Year's Day terrorist attack in Fresh Orleans hit cease to dwelling for Prince William and Prince Harry.

London's Metropolitan Police has diagnosed Edward “Ed” Pettifer—stepson of the brothers' aged nanny Alexandra Pettifer, fundamentally diagnosed as Tiggy Legge-Bourke—as one in all the victims.

“Catherine and I really had been taken aback and saddened by the tragic death of Ed Pettifer,” William said in a message posted on his and partner Kate Middleton's Instagram Stories Jan. 4. “Our thoughts and prayers stay with the Pettifer family and all those harmless those who had been tragically impacted by this horrific attack.”

Ed's family also spoke out in regards to the death of the 31-year-frail. “He was as soon as a stunning son, brother, grandson, nephew and a pal to so many,” they said in a assertion posted on the earn put of the Metropolitan Police Jan. 4. “We will all leave out him terribly.”

The assertion continued, “Our thoughts are with the quite lots of households who fill lost their family ensuing from this unpleasant attack. We demand that we are in a position to grieve the lack of Ed as a family in private. Thanks.”

William, 42, has diagnosed Tiggy for over three a protracted time. His and Harry's father King Charles III had employed her, his previous private assistant, in 1993—soon after he and the siblings' mother Princess Diana atomize up.

William, 42, has diagnosed Tiggy for over three a protracted time. His and Harry's father King Charles III had employed her, his previous private assistant, in 1993—soon after he and the siblings' mother Princess Diana atomize up.

Tiggy accompanied the brothers on holidays and was as soon as there for them after the Princess of Wales' death in 1997.

Two years later, Tiggy retired from her royal characteristic when she married Ed's father, aged British army officer Charles Pettifer, who is known as a dad to at least one other son, Harry, from a outdated marriage. The couple are also of us to sons Fred and Tom, who served as a net page boy at William and Kate's 2011 wedding.

U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy also issued a assertion after news of Ed's death. “Extremely saddened to listen to the tragic news that a British man was as soon as among those killed throughout the attack in Fresh Orleans,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “We’re supporting his family and stand united with the US in opposition to dismay threats.”