The Briton killed in the attack in New Orleans was the stepson of the former royal nanny Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – British police have named one of the victims of the New Year’s Eve attack 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 among 14 people killed by a US Army veteran who had pledged allegiance to Islamic State and rammed his truck into a crowd of revelers.

“The whole family is devastated by the tragic news of Ed’s death in New Orleans,” Pettifer’s family said in a statement released by London’s Metropolitan Police.

A royal source said King Charles was deeply saddened to learn of Pettifer’s death and had been in touch with his family to offer his personal condolences.

Pettifer’s father Charles, a former British Army officer, married Tiggy Legge-Bourke in 1999 shortly after she stopped working as William and Harry’s nanny.

The family has remained close to the British nobility, and Pettifer’s half-brother Tom was best man at William’s wedding in 2011.