Between demonstrators and the police in Parliament Square started had been heading north to Trafalgar Square and Regent Street, set move rioters directly in the path of the princely planned route pitched battles.
Exactly why his royalty protection officers could not another route switch was unclear last night, but the result was that by 7.15 pm, Clarence House, the Prince and Princess found five minutes after you leave themselves caught in the middle of a riot.
Their 1977 phantom VI, a gift of the Queen by the car connection to your silver anniversary has toughened glass but is designed, to the public the best possible view of the Royal family members, rather than an armored vehicle type. Catherine Chaffey, 17 year old student from Twickenham, saw what happened when the car is trying to make his way up Regent Street.
"It gave up hundreds of people walking down the street,", she said. "We saw a car with a police escort and we asked who it was, then the people started shouting, 'This is Charles that is Charles'."
"Someone threw a bottle at the car, then someone else threw a milkshake who beat his window the wound was down a little."
"Other people were Burger throw someone had a graffiti can and people were just garbage throw on the car, anything you could get your hands."
A witness described how the Prince had wound down his window to try to distract the demonstrators by wave as he tried to protect his wife.
Adnan Nazir, a 23-year-old Podiatrist, said: "Some people turned around and began, hit the Windows." People began to enter the car.
"Charles got her on the ground and laid his hands on you." He was waving and giving the thumbs up. It was a surreal thing. «It was completely manic.
The Prince, wear a dinner jacket, triggered the window again after a police outrider shouted: "Sir, to put the window." The window after a moments later destroyed other missiles, by a witness a brick said to have been.
Two police motorcyclists, trips on the three car convoy of rioters came to pages, but as the royal car to push transport of personnel in the other with a police Jaguar backup and a Ford Galaxy attack protesters who simply bypassed continue rockets to hurl motorcyclists.
Got allegedly close enough to try to open the royal car the closed door.
It is believed a well-organized set of demonstrators had dissented from the major protests in Westminster and went to Oxford Street aimed Topshop - only 50 metres from the Palladium - which was severely damaged.
The clothing chain owned by Sir Philip Green, was the focus of anti-capitalist protests in the last days of people angry to Sir Philip's tax status, many of the rioters propose the bit with the student fees had protest to do.
Jenalyn Masalunga, 16, of Victoria, central London, said: "people were are the cars and put plastic bins in the road to try to block their way."
"You could see Charles and Camilla in, you saw shaken." During the Princes who once was attacked during a tour by Australia managed to keep his calmness, the Duchess appeared scared.
Thumbnail showed their open mouthed a racket popped on the Windows of the car with their fists, screaming "off with their heads". A further witness said: "there were a few people out there that were very aggressive covering their faces."
According to an unconfirmed report was separated the three cars in the royal convoy at one point, as the protesters managed to block their way. A senior royal source said: "Were very slowly on the road." "We are not to be separated."
As Prince's car right from Regent Street shot Ruhan Ahmed, a 20 year old student of East London, said he saw at least 50 people to hunt the car. Paul Synnot, 27, the head Porter Aqua, a Japanese bar and restaurant opposite the Palladium in Argyll Street, said: "the car outside the Palladium raised and I heard a loud bang." I looked over and the back of the car was covered what looked like blue color. "It was distributed to the window." A police officer described the car as "pretty beat" search.
By the time that the Prince and Princess got out, had regained their composure and wore relaxed smile.
Their badly damaged car was distributed quickly, along with the other two cars in your convoy, which had also been damaged. At 11 A.m., the couple left the theater, and after the Duchess courageous joked that "there is a first time for everything" police were the couple in a waiting van, begun after your bodyguards had decided all were not more chances.
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