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Prince Charles car was attacked in central London last night during student protests after British Prime Minister David Camerons government won a parliamentary vote to allow universities to triple tuition fees.The heir to the throne and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, who were both in the car, were unharmed. The limousine, bearing the royal coat of arms, had paint thrown at it in as the couple were being driven to a show at the Palladium Theatre. A window was cracked. Still pictures showed the royal couple in the car looking shocked.The attack took place as thousands of students staged demonstrations around Parliament against the increase in tuition fees. Camerons Conservative-led government won the vote by 323 to 302 in the 650-member House of Commons, heading off a revolt by some members of the Liberal Democrats, the junior coalition partners, who had had pledged to oppose any rise.
