Bloke who broke into Queen’s bedroom in Buckingham Palace reacts to her death

The man who notoriously embarrassed royal security guards by breaking into Buckingham Place not once, but twice, says he is sad that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has died and that he has “been to church to light a candle for her”.

Fagan first broke into the palace in June 1982. He tripped two alarms as he broke in through an upstairs window, and was seen inside the palace by a shocked housemaid, but security staff thought the alarms were faulty and ignored the housemaid’s report.

Fagan says he drank a bottle of white wine from the palace kitchen, got bored and left the same way he came in.

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On the second occasion, on July 9, 1982, Fagan shockingly managed to access her Majesty’s bedroom, causing a major scandal.

He scaled Buckingham Palace's 14-foot-high perimeter wall, crossed a courtyard and climbed up a drainpipe before wandering into the Queen's bedroom at about 7:15 am.

He had broken a glass ashtray as he wandered through the palace corridors and was still carrying a sharp piece of glass as he came across the Queen, who was still in bed.

He reportedly chatted to the monarch for a few minutes. Fagan's mother said at the time, "He thinks so much of the Queen. I can imagine him just wanting to simply talk and say hello and discuss his problems."

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The security response was extremely slow. Her Majesty phoned the palace switchboard twice for the police, but didn’t get a response and eventually used a bedside bell to summon a maid who then contacted security personnel.

Fagan was tackled to the floor by the Queen's duty footman after she had fled her room and arrested and charged with stealing some wine but the charges were later dropped.

The palace intruder was never charged with trespass as it was classed as a civil, rather than criminal, offence at the time. The palace only became a protected site under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 in 2007.

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Speaking outside his council flat in Islington, North London, today Fagan was weary of telling the whole tale again but did offer a few insights into how he has coped following the monarch’s sudden death on Thursday. He said: "I am quite sad that she has gone. I don't want to say anything more- just that I hope she rests in peace.

"I have no plans to go to the funeral but I have been to church to light a candle for her and hopefully it is all behind me. It has all been said so many times.

"I think Charles will do a good job and look after the planet. He will be very good at that. There is also too much division between the rich and poor in society and I think Charles will help heal that.”

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