Adedokun Waliyu 
King Charles III was on Saturday said to be “deeply saddened” after police said a British national, a relative of his sons’ former nanny, had been among the victims of the deadly truck-ramming attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans.
Edward Pettifer, 31, who died in the atrocity, was the stepson of Prince William and Prince Harry’s former nanny Tiggy Pettifer.
It was “understood the King was… deeply saddened, and had been in touch with the family to share personal condolences”, the UK’s Press Association news agency said in a report.
Pettifer’s half brother Tom is a godson of heir to the throne Prince William and was a page boy at his wedding to Catherine, the Princess of Wales in 2011.
In 1993, Charles employed Tiggy Legge-Bourke, now Pettifer, whose family had longstanding links to the royals, as a nanny for William and Harry after his separation from Princess Diana.
“The entire family are devastated at the tragic news of Ed’s death in New Orleans. He was a wonderful son, brother, grandson, nephew, and a friend to so many,” Pettifer’s family said in a statement.
“We will all miss him terribly. Our thoughts are with the other families who have lost their family members due to this terrible attack,” they added.
