LONDON – The royal family on Saturday paid tribute to the Briton killed in the truck ramming attack in New Orleans. It was a 31-year-old, the stepson of Prince William and Prince Harry’s former nanny.

Edward Pettifer was among 14 people killed when an ISIS-inspired U.S. Army veteran drove his truck into a crowd of revelers on New Year’s Day, his family confirmed Saturday.

“The entire family is devastated by the tragic news of Ed’s death in New Orleans. “He was a wonderful son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend to so many,” the family said in a statement from London’s Metropolitan Police.

“We will all miss him terribly. Our thoughts are with the other families who lost family members in this horrific attack. “We ask that we as a family be able to grieve the loss of Ed privately,” it added.

Pettifer, from Chelsea, West London, was the stepson of Alexandra Pettifer. She looked after the sons of King Charles III in the 1990s, when she was widely known as Tiggy Legge-Bourke.

Charles was deeply saddened after learning of Edward Pettifer’s death through official channels and has contacted the family to express his personal condolences, a Buckingham Palace source said.

William, heir to the throne, said: “Catherine and I were shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Ed Pettifer.”

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The New Orleans coroner’s office has now identified all but one of the victims of the truck ramming attack.

The latest victim announced was a woman whose identity is unknown. Efforts to identify her are ongoing, according to the coroner’s office.

All 14 victims died from blunt force trauma on Bourbon Street, the coroner’s office said.

Seven of the victims lived in Louisiana, two were from Mississippi, one was from Alabama, one was from New York and one was from New Jersey.

News that the Briton was killed in the attack emerged when authorities revealed that Shamsud-Din Jabbar had planned to use a transmitter to detonate two explosive devices he had planted nearby.

None of the explosive devices were detonated and it remains unclear whether the failure was due to a malfunction, lack of activation or another problem.