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Prince William expressed his condolences after learning his former nanny’s stepson, Ed Pettiferwas one of the victims in the New Orleans attack on New Year’s Day.
“Catherine and I are shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Ed Pettfer,” William, 42, wrote in an Instagram Story statement on Saturday, January 4, also mentioning his wife. Princess Kate Middleton. “Our thoughts and prayers remain with the Pettifer family and all those innocent people who have been tragically affected by this horrific attack.”
William signed the note with “W,” his personal designation based on his first letter.
A 42-year-old Texas man drove a rental truck through a crowd on New Orleans’ famous Bourbon Street on Wednesday, January 1. Pettifer, who was 31, was one of at least 14 fatalities. The driver was shot and killed during a shootout with the police.
Prince William has known since he was young that he will one day become the king of England, but in the meantime, he has made his own way as a high-ranking member of the British royal family. The eldest son of King Charles III and Princess Diana, William was born in June 1982. His brother, (…)
“The whole family is devastated by the tragic news of Ed’s death in New Orleans. He was a great son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend to so many,” Saturday statement from the Pettifer family reads, shared with the London Metropolitan Police. “We will all miss him terribly.”
The statement continued, “Our thoughts are with the other families who have lost family members to this terrible attack. We ask that we mourn Ed’s loss as a family privately. Thank you.”
Pettifer was the stepson of Tiggy Legge-Bourke, who previously worked as a nanny for William and his brother, Prince Harrywhen they were children. (William and Harry, 40, are the sons of exes King Charles III and the recent Princess Diana.)
“(She was) our favorite nannyto be correct, although Tiggy couldn’t stand being called that,” Harry recalled in his Spare memoir “She would bite the head off anyone who tried. ‘I’m not the nanny, I’m your friend!’ Unfortunately, mum didn’t see it that way. Mum saw Tiggy not as a nanny, but as a competitor. It is known that Mum suspects that Tiggy is being groomed as her future replacement. (Did Mum see Tiggy as her Spare?)”
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As noted in the piece, Harry too name his biography 2023 after the idea that he was the brother William’s “spare” in the line of succession. William is the direct heir of father Charles, 75, as regent of England. Harry followed right up until William and his wife Kate, 42, welcomed their three children: Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6.
Although Harry is now fifth in line to the British throne, he step down from his position as a senior royal in 2020. Harry and his wife Meghan Markle now live in Montecito, California with their two children, Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3. Harry has yet to publicly address Pettifer’s death.
