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


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  • Saturday, 04 Jan 2025

Edward Pettifer of Chelsea, London, poses in this undated handout picture in an unknown location. Metropolitan Police/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - British police have named one of the victims of the New Year's Day 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 U.S. Army veteran who had pledged allegiance to Islamic State and rammed a truck into a crowd of revellers.

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