Maj. Alexis Roberts' vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb, near Kandahar on Thursday. Roberts, who was a friend of Prince William, was serving with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles in the British army. He makes the 82nd British troop to die in the Afghan war.
He leaves two daughters, Alice and Freya and his wife Lex Roberts.
An excerpt from the cnn article
Prince William "was deeply saddened to learn of the death in action of Lex Roberts, who he remembers with great respect as his platoon commander at Sandhurst and as a good friend," the prince's spokesman told CNN.
"Lex was my best friend, the most wonderful husband and deeply loving father to Alice and Freya," she said in a statement released by the Ministry of Defense.
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