Camilla was hit in ribs with stick by thug through open window

[Manifestor_of_Light]

Royal protection officers 'seconds from drawing their guns on mob' after Camilla was hit in ribs with stick by thug through open window:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1337478/ROYAL-CAR-ATTACK-Protection-officers-drew-weapons-Camilla-hit-ribs-rioter.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. First error they should have never been there

second... when they got surrounded they should have pressed the accelerator, that is like standard and shit.

Something just does not smell right to me.

That said the OFF WITH THEIR HEADS from a single man has not been heard in a long time...

[EmilyKent]

7. They were on their way to the

Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium, where they were the guests of honour.

Secondly, security was within seconds of opening fire on the protesters, but luckily they didn't do so.

[snagglepuss]

2. I don't condone violence, thuggery or stupidity. BTW the winner of stupid must

be Charlie and Cami for keeping the royal window open during a bloody riot. Are they that clueless?

[Catherina]

27. Yes. Wearing diamonds and emeralds through an austerity protest

Not a very good idea. Not even Marie-Antoinette was that clueless.

[demosincebirth]

36. Yup, it's their fault for being there.

[Schema Thing]

3. What an ugly stick...

..wielding thug!








:smoke:

[stopbush]

4. Fortunately, Camilla's ribs aren't the part of her body that Charles obsesses over.

* Charles to Camilla, in an intercepted telephone call: "I want to feel my way along you, all over you and up and down you and in and out. Oh God, I'll just live inside your trousers or something -- it would be much easier."

* Camilla: "What are you going to turn into, a pair of knickers? Oh, you're going to come back as a pair of knickers."

* Charles: "Or, God forbid, a Tampax (tampon). Just my luck!"

* Camilla: "You are a complete idiot! Oh, what a wonderful idea."

http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=44686

:evilgrin:

[LoKnLoD]

25. ewwwww...

I'm going to have nightmares now.

[liberalhistorian]

75. LOL, I'm old enough to remember when that came out and

what a huge deal was made of it. SNL even did a hilarious skit on it, having Charles going to a scientist to be turned into a tampon and then Camilla rejected him and he was stuck that way.

[Hannah Bell]

5. i doubt it. first, i doubt the prince travels with windows open in december in london.

second, it would be difficult to hit ribs with a stick through an open car window with any kind of force.

[name not needed]

9. It's the Daily Mail.

The article's just a right wing hit piece being used to justify the violence inflicted upon protesters by the Metropolitan Police Service.

[EmilyKent]

13. Clarence House is refusing to comment on the stick report,

which usually means that it's true.

Here is the BBC item:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11969030

[Hannah Bell]

31. i don't care whether they comment or not. i don't believe it.

the prince is riding around in his bullet-proof, armoured limo with the windows rolled down?

in december? in london?

oh, really?

security "almost" drew arms on someone who physically attacked the royals with a stick? but they didn't think that was serious enough, so they left them holstered?

oh, really?

[Pavulon]

57. Firing into crowds is frowned upon..

[Hannah Bell]

59. not when the party of a head of state is being attacked.

[Mr Generic Other]

68. in one of the films of the event (linked by the OP)

one can see that the window on the right, mid-back of the car was opened sometime after the beginning of the encounter but before it was over.
it certainly seems odd that the duchess would have pressed the open button right then but the window was opened, nearly all the way.
besides the danger of being pelted with some object they were subject to the "off with their heads" chanting.
strange that the window was opened. that does not prove that camilla was poked with a stick.

[Hannah Bell]

69. I see the window closed, then open, but nothing happens, no one's throwing anything

or putting sticks through the window, a policeman says "roll the window up," then the car drives on with the window apparently closed.

if something happened, i didn't see it.

the picture of camilla looking scared was at a different location & the window was up. cracked but up.

[Mr Generic Other]

70. yep, that's what i see too.

no filmed evidence of anyone leaning into the car and assaulting the duchess. but the window does come down.
it was probably a very exciting (terrifying) moment for the couple.

[Union Scribe]

51. Yep, the Daily Mail is like Fox News and the Weekly World News in one fish wrap.

[Kennah]

11. You're wrong, and it's easy to get hit in the ribs

Window down, knickers down, and Camilla turning to moon.

Wham! Gets whacked in the ribs.

[Duende azul]

47. Of course the window was down. She wanted to wave at the cheering peasantry.

[David Zephyr]

72. I don't believe it either.

Just don't.

[cherokeeprogressive]

81. Part of the video I saw showed the limo with the window on Charles' side down and someone screamed

roll the windows up.

[muriel_volestrangler]

89. Here's a video showing the window on Charles' side open

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aGMSumIeN4

between about 20 to 30 seconds in. It's possible he opened it just before that - the camera is shaky, so it's hard to tell, but you can definitely see the window at least a quarter open, and it's possible it was more open than that just before then.

[jmm]

6. This morning she was poked in the face with a stick,

now she was hit in the ribs. Tonight I'll read about them driving a steak through her heart.

[Peregrine Took]

10. hee hee....a "steak" - now that would be something! n/t

[jmm]

12. LOL, see what happens when I post on my phone? (n/t)

[ljm2002]

8. Wow. I did not realize that...

...although the in the video I watched, I thought I heard someone yelling "Roll up the window!"

I don't wish harm on Charles and Camilla, not by any means. But this incident is certainly indicative of the deep discontent that is taking hold in the UK and elsewhere.

Elites of the world, take note.

Of course, they will take note and their first inclination will be to further suppress the masses. Unfortunately for them, and maybe for all of us, putting further pressure on the masses will provoke further rage.

Interesting times.

[blindpig]

14. Aww....

tough shit.

How many kids were beaten by the cops? Good for the goose.........

[Catherina]

28. My reaction exactly. Tough shit. No tears for the hurt feelings of the aristocracy

There are much bigger injustices in the world.

Sorry to have marred their party night. I hope Camilla's dress didn't get too wrinkled during the fright. That would be awful, showing up at the Royal Variety in a wrinkled dress just because the peasants don't want to assume more debt. Just awful.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

58. Have you any idea how ignorant and offensive your

remarks are? How dare you call us peasants! Educate yourself about our Royal family before you make such ignorant remarks. They WORK and they don't RULE us! The Queen still works and she is 85!

Quit painting us with such a negative broad brush!

[Skip Intro]

63. +100. nt

[snagglepuss]

65. Is that you LIz?

[Scruffy1]

66. Hard for mr we still maintain these parasites

[GoneOffShore]

76. It cost 63p a year per Briton to "maintain" the Royals.

And the amount of revenue they bring in more than makes up for that.

[shugah]

82. the 63p per paying brit

is not the source of the wealth of the english royalty.

[Angry Dragon]

15. If you look at the photos

the window was cracked due to it being bullet proof

article fail

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. If you look at the photos

the car has more than one window.

logic fail

[Hubert Flottz]

16. Those guys were lucky Charles didn't jump out and whip their ass!

[Catherina]

37. Actually it's the other way around

Charles and Camilla are lucky the protestors didn't get in and and whip their ass.

[Beaverhausen]

17. why are you all so gleeful that this happened?

Charles and Camilla are hardly the bad guys here. Violence toward them will not help the cause.

[apocalypsehow]

18. Anonymity tends to bring out the ugly in people, and never so much as in the ugly replies to this OP

[NutmegYankee]

60. +1

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[LiberalEsto]

21. They are parasites nt

[blindpig]

43. They are representatives of their class.

Sometimes even the rich must pay to play. Fuck Them.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

50. Because all wealthy people are bad.

And all middle-class and poor people are perfect angels.

[snooper2]

67. A- most people here are anonymous

B- they are drunk

[MrScorpio]

77. I don't understand all of this blaming the victim either

There was absolutely no excuse for an assault... ON ANYONE!

It's a fucking college tuition hike protest, for Gawd's sake.

[WolverineDG]

86. Because they're rich

if you look around DU, you'll see a definite trend towards hating anyone who is wealthy or even middle class. Apparently, the upper & middle classes are nothing but leeches draining the life blood out of the sainted poor.

Meanwhile, those of us living in the real world keep working to make things better for *everyone.*

dg

[Coventina]

20. I'm anti-monarchy, but anti-violence even more.

I have some reservations on the truthfulness of this story.

BUT IF TRUE the protesters are not helping their cause and should be ashamed.

I don't think Camilla is a nice person, but she, nor anyone else, deserves physical harm.

[fascisthunter]

22. a family down the street from me lost everything

now THAT is a hit in the ribs, and bank that screwed them is unharmed. While I understand people being a bit outraged over violence, I wish people would look at those whose lives are being screwed the same way. Her ribs will be fine in a couple days, my neighbors will be screwed for years to come.

[Nye Bevan]

40. YES. And Camilla Parker Bowles is *personally* responsible for their plight.

Excellent logic here.

[JanMichael]

42. In England, her family is a huge part of the problem

Big picture.....

[Nye Bevan]

45. I never realized that the Parker Bowles family was involved in the UK legislative process,

I guess you learn something new every day.

[Hannah Bell]

78. parker bowles is her ex-husband's family. she's a Shand. her father was Rugby, Royal Lancers,

& Sussex legislator.

her mother is the daughter of the 3rd Baron Ashcombe (Eton).

Violet Trefusis (a subject of virginia woolf's "orlando") was her grandmother's sister.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Trefusis

Her great grandmother was Edward VII's mistress. Another of his mistresses was Jenny Jerome, Winston Churchill's mother.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Keppel

In other words, connected upper crust twit family.

Do you never wonder how they manage to stay rich & connected to power but never seem to actually do anything?

I'm sure that's what the poster means.

[Darth_Kitten]

84. Her ex husband had a thing with Princess Anne.......

talk about keeping it in the family. :puke: :)

[Hannah Bell]

71. her uncle. the very picture of an upper-class twit.

why do so many of them have horse faces?

this was one of those guys who "fell off a balcony" btw.

there's a lot of that going around in the intelligence services.

[fascisthunter]

44. not the point I was making but not surprised you would twist it

[Hannah Bell]

79. about as good as your ability to parse a sentence in english, apparently.

[Kennah]

23. She just wanted to be able to say, "I'm a bloody princess"

[Darth_Kitten]

85. Technically, she IS the Princess of Wales......

believe it or not. :(

[SoCalDem]

24. Maybe they thought they were helping her across the finish line

[valerief]

26. Off with their heads! nt

[Rex]

29. Wow, Charles looks PISSED in that last picture.

Never seen him look mad before now. No wonder she had that expression on her face, poor lady, no one deserves to be hit with a stick.

[Better Believe It]

32. The window is clearly closed in the pictures but that's OK. Whatever the media reports is true.

Poked her with a stick, did they?

Maybe just to see if she was alive!

And none of the cops or her security deal saw that!

:)

[BrendaBrick]

33. I don't advocate violence in any way, shape or form....

But PLEEZE - in the big scheme of things here ya'll - In the REALLY BIG SCHEME - I honestly couldn't care less what slight mishaps happens to said *royalty* across the pond and I am more than a little miffed at to why this would even be a major cause of concern to begin with?????

ALL things considered with what is unjustifiably happening to all of the other innocents and *un famous* folks out there in the rest of the world who are ALSO human beings no more, no less who have had and experience crimes and injustices far more reaching than a mere hit/jab in the ribs!!!!!!

Geesh!

[Safetykitten]

34. Yes, their vulgar display of piggy wealth/nit-wit do nothing lives are a model for all...

and they should try toning it down with riots nearby.

But they are royalty, they don't get it.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

53. You have no idea what you're talking about

You need to educate yourself about our Royal family before you comment.

[Pavulon]

56. Good luck with that. USA Today or whatever source they queue from not told them

to think yet. luckily no one got shot. My bet is they weren't students anywhere but hooligans.

[shugah]

80. please educate us

what is so awesome about them?

as far as i know, there is no one born into the royal family of england that has to worry one bit over paying tuition for university. they pretty much get to go to the best schools whether they are suited or not. i admire your loyalty to your queen and all the other royal personages that live in all your english castles, but really, driving the rolls into a crowd of frustrated students that are protesting tuition increases? as educated as your royal family is, that was kind of a stupid move.

[WinkyDink]

61. So of course, you are attacking American rich people, right?

[AngryAmish]

35. Isn't that where the jockey usually whips her?

And isn't she generally more comfortable riding in the trailer pulled behind.

Charles really should have thrown a blanket over her eyes when she got spooked.

[Raksha]

38. That's over the top. It's just plain WRONG.

I can't condone gratuitous violence, no matter who the perpetrator is or how legitimate their grievance. That's just thuggishness.

[Nye Bevan]

39. Imagine if some protesters pulled that kind of shit here with the President's limo.

Whoever did that is lucky to be alive. And whatever you think about the tuition fees, it was not Camilla's idea to raise them.

[Better Believe It]

62. She's not the Prime Minister. If we had a monarchy many would pull that shit with the royal

duchess of Wall Street or whatever name she would give herself.

[coalition_unwilling]

88. Who the fuck elected Camilla anything whatsoever? And, to paraphrase

Stalin out of context, how many divisions does she command? She's a fucking parasite, as is her paramour.

[librechik]

41. heh, they were just trying to make her giddy up

sorry, no offense intended toward horses or royal asses.

[walldude]

46. "Prodded with a stick through an open window.."

Yeah an open BULLETPROOF window that had she kept the fucking thing closed she would have been alright? Is that the window they are talking about? Sorry no sympathy for someone dumb enough to drive through that protest in their Rolls Royce wearing millions in gems, with their fucking windows open.


This reminds me of that 127 hours movei that makes a hero out of a mountain climber too stupid to tell anyone where he was going and ended up having to cut off his own arm.

Stupidity is not heroic.

[Better Believe It]

64. With an open window that was closed according to all the pictures!

[Prometheus Bound]

48. Nice wheels.

[frylock]

49. i'm going to drop my coaches challenge bullshit flag on this one..

i say, do lower the window so that i might hear what the rabble is going on about. mmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......

[Iolanthe15]

52. Camilla

Camilla said "let them eat cake "

[ChumbawambaFan]

73. Whew, I thought you meant Camille Paglia, I actually cared for a few seconds. nt

[ChumbawambaFan]

74. Why does it do that? Sorry person above the post above....

[Lucian]

54. Oh well.

She's had everything handed to her through the years. If getting hit with a stick is the most of her problems, that says a lot.

[butterfly77]

55. Was it an..

ugly stick?

[ZombieHorde]

83. Why would the window be down? Seems like a weird choice. nt

[goforit]

87. A class war across the world.