The French surname King is associated with orphanages in France where children were given the last name Roi/Roy [French for King], as they were called the King's children. For example, the Filles de Roi, or King's girls, were young girls who were given a dowry by the King and sent to Quebec in the 16th century. For immigrants to the United States, the name was then Americanised to King.
Ali, a PhD student at King’s CollegeLondon who did not wish to share his surname, was leaving class when he saw emergency services gathered near the scene in central London where a woman in her 20s had died after being hit by a van.