15 Facts About Michael Fagan

Michael Fagan was born on 8 August 1948 and is a British citizen who intruded into Queen Elizabeth II's bedroom in Buckingham Palace in 1982.

Michael Fagan was born in Clerkenwell, London, on 8 August 1948, the son of Ivy and Michael Fagan Sr.

Michael Fagan's father was a steel erector and a "champion" safe-breaker.

In 1966, he left home at 18 to escape his father who, Fagan says, was violent.

Michael Fagan stated that he shimmied up a drainpipe and startled a housemaid, who called security.

Michael Fagan disappeared before guards arrived, who then disbelieved the housemaid's report.

Michael Fagan said he then entered the palace through an unlocked window on the roof and wandered around for the next half-hour while eating cheese and crackers.

Michael Fagan viewed royal portraits and sat for some time on a throne.

Michael Fagan drank a half bottle of white wine, became tired and left.

Michael Fagan wandered the corridors for several minutes before reaching the royal apartments.

Michael Fagan entered the bedroom of Queen Elizabeth II at about 7:15 am carrying a fragment of glass.

Since Michael Fagan's actions were, at the time, a civil wrong rather than a criminal offence, he was not charged with trespassing in the Queen's bedroom.

Michael Fagan was charged with theft of the wine, but the charges were dropped when he was committed for psychiatric evaluation.

Two years after entering Buckingham Palace, Michael Fagan attacked a policeman at a cafe in Fishguard, Wales, and was given a three-month suspended sentence.

Michael Fagan made an appearance in Channel 4's The Antics Roadshow, an hour-long 2011 TV documentary directed by the artist Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz charting the history of people behaving oddly in public.