Prince William and Kate Middleton sent their condolences to the victims of a New Year's Day truck attack in New Orleans, revealing the tragedy’s connection to the royal family. Edward Pettifer, a 31-year-old British national,

Edward Pettifer, the stepson of Prince William and Prince Harry’s former nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke, died from 'blunt force injuries' after Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, drove a truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street,

King Charles and Prince William both expressed their sadness today as it was revealed that one of the victims of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans had links to the royal family. Edward Pettifer,

Edward Pettifer, 31, died from “blunt force injuries” after Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a rental pickup truck down Bourbon Street in the French Quarter just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday, per the BBC.

Among the 14 people killed in the New Year's attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans was a man with links to the British royals. Edward Pettifer, 31, is the stepson of Tiggy Legge-Bourke, who served as the "beloved" nanny to Prince William and Prince Harry from 1993 to 1999,