Tution fee fallout: Rioters attack Prince Charles’ car
By IANSFriday, December 10, 2010
LONDON - British police have launched a probe after the Rolls-Royce car carrying the heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, was vandalised here by rioters opposing the university tuition fee hike, a media report said Friday.
After attack The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have said they “totally understand” the difficulties faced by police, as Scotland Yard faced criticism for allowing a mob to attack the royal car, telegraph.co.uk reported.
Scotland Yard Commissioner Paul Stephenson promised a “thorough investigation” into what he described the incident as “hugely regrettable”.
The day of rioting in central London saw government buildings around Parliament Square defaced and vandalised as MPs voted for a dramatic rise in university tuition fees in the House of Commons.
Tens of thousands of students besieged the area, starting fires, vandalising a statue of Sir Winston Churchill, smashing windows at the Treasury and the Supreme Court while others rampaged up Oxford Street.
