London Broils: Students Attack Prince’s Limo Over UK Tuition Hike

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1||Thousands of students flooded the streets of London Thursday to protest a tuition hike approved by British lawmakers. Some protesters allegedly threw billiard balls, flares and paint bombs as police forces rushed to defuse the situation. Protesters, at one point, attacked the limousine carrying Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, shattering the car’s rear windows.||Newscom/ZUMA Press&&

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3||Police stand outside the London Palladium after the Rolls-Royce carrying Prince Charles and Camilla was attacked.||Jeff Moore/Splash News/Newscom&&

4||The car’s rear windows were shattered by the protesters’ attack.||Newscom/ZUMA Press&&

5||The vehicle was driving on Regent Street in London at the time.||MSAA/ZOB/ZDS/Newscom&&

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7||Prince Charles and Camilla leave the London Palladium after attending the Royal Variety Performance. They were taken away in a police van following the attack on their limousine.||MSAA/ZOB/ZDS/Newscom&&

8||Prince Charles meets singers Kylie Minogue and Gary Barlow at the Royal Variety Performance.||Photoshot/Newscom&&

9||||Facundo Arrizabalaga/Photoshot/Newscom&&

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11||||Robert Eames B433/Photoshot/Newscom&&

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13||Demonstrators lit a plastic box to protest the tuition hike.||Felipe Trueba/Photoshot/Newscom&&

14||A student is injured in the process of being arrested.||Newscom/ZUMA Press&&

15||Police stand guard on Oxford Street.||Newscom/ZUMA Press&&

16||Clean up efforts began Friday morning. Winston Churchill’s statue was vandalized, and windows were smashed at the Treasury and the Supreme Court.||KWAA/ZDS/Newscom&&

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