I Bet The Royal Family Is Still Freaked Out Over This

UK confirms protesters ‘made contact’ with duchess Of course, the Royals have dealt with protesters before.  But not this close..

Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May confirmed on Sunday that rioters who surrounded Prince Charles' car during violent student protests made physical contact with his wife Camilla.
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A window on the Prince of Wales' side of the car was smashed, while the back of the car was spattered with paint hurled at it. The vehicle was also kicked.
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Asked by Sky News television about reports that Camilla had been jabbed by a protester through a window, May said: "I'm not sure about the term 'poked with a stick'. I understand there some contact made.

"This is an incident that needs to be looked at by the Metropolitan Police."

Now everyone's got to re-assess:  The government, as they now have to consider security precautions for all the Royal, all the time.  The protesting public, as any demonstration near a Royal will probably be met with more "security"  and the potential for more brutality.  Students and other future angry mobs will have to factor in a heightened physical risk because of last week's events.  In order for success, opposition groups will probably have to be more inventive in delivering their message.

And finally, The Royals themselves.  I bet Camilla never saw that jab/poke comin'(I wonder just how severe it really was.  Was she shaken or physically injured?)..  Do you really think the Queen can process how mad sectors of the English public really are?  What they must consider in this period of tension and uncertainty is how much they can add to their security balanced against the inaccessibility and increasing totalitarian appearance a heightened security presence would create.  If their subjects fear The Royals, how long before they come to hate them? 

But then again, with the coming Euro crisis already in progress, will appearances even matter, say; four months from now?