The ultimate sufferer within the lethal New Orleans truck assault on New Yr’s Day has been recognized because the stepson of Prince William’s former nanny.
The 42-year-old royal mentioned Saturday he’s “shocked and saddened” to study that Edward Pettifer, 31, was among the many 14 killed in the French Quarter ramming.
“Catherine and I have been shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Ed Pettifer,” William wrote in an Instagram Story. “Our thoughts and prayers remain with the Pettifer family and all those innocent people who have been tragically impacted by this horrific attack.”
Prince William and Tiggy Pettifer are pictured leaving Vancouver, Canada, by helicopter in 1998. (Photograph by Julian Parker/UK Press by way of Getty Photos)
Pettifer’s household is being supported by officers from the Counter Terrorism Command of London’s Metropolitan Police.
Pettifer’s stepmother is Tiggy Legge-Bourke, also referred to as Alexandra Pettifer, who nannied Princes William and Harry between 1993 and 1999. She was regularly photographed with their late mom, Princess Diana, previous to her dying in 1997.
Prince Harry talks to former nanny Tiggy Pettifer after the Sovereign’s Parade on the Royal Navy Academy in Sandhurst, southern England Wednesday April 12, 2006. (AP Photograph/Dylan Martinez, Pool)
Fourteen folks had been killed and dozens extra wounded on Wednesday when 42-year-old Military veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar rammed a pickup truck right into a crowd celebrating the brand new yr on Bourbon Avenue. Jabbar, a Texas native, was later killed in a shootout with police.
A subsequent assessment of his Fb web page turned up a number of movies during which Jabbar expressed a need to kill and proclaimed his assist for the Islamic State. The FBI mentioned an Islamic State flag had been on the trailer hitch of the truck Jabbar drove into the group.
