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 The British police promised an investigation into the attack on a limousine carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, while security experts and the news media raised questions Friday about how the royal couple was placed into the potentially dangerous situation.

Dozens of protesters broke through a cordon of police motorcycles on Thursday to smash and deface the Rolls-Royce Phantom VI that was carrying the prince and his wife. The demonstrators dented a rear panel, splattered the glossy dark brown exterior with white paint, pelted the car with sticks and bottles, and smashed a side window. Some yelled, “Off with their heads!”

Photographs splashed across the front pages of newspapers on Friday showed the couple, who were on their way to a royal gala, in the back seat wearing formal attire, mouths agape, as the car crawled through the theater district in London.