Today, Michael is a Game-Changing speaker and Best-Selling author who has impacted thousands of people with his message of resilience.įrom students, to athletes, to leaders, to business professionals, Michael helps people from all walks of life take personal responsibility for their lives and reconnect to their purpose. "People who have done marvelous things get to kneel in front of her to be honored," Fagan said, "but I actually sat on her bed and almost got to talk to her.When he was 18, Michael dropped his speech class in college and swore he would never take the stage again after a humiliating presentation. He did not express any regrets for his palace excursions. He did suffer from a heart attack and COVID-19 earlier this year, he told The Sun. The 70-year-old is still reportedly living in London. He consequently served four years in prison. Then in 1997, Fagan, his wife, and their 20-year-old son were charged with conspiring to sell heroin. Three years later, he was found guilty of indecent exposure. He attacked a Welsh police officer in 1984. (At the time, trespassing was only a civil offense rather than a criminal one.) Shortly thereafter, Fagan received an psychiatric evaluation and spent three months in a psychiatric hospital.įagan did commit several more crimes later on. What happened to Michael Fagan?Īfter the two palace break-ins, Michael Fagan was only charged with the theft of wine. "She went past me and ran out of the room, her little bare feet running across the floor," he told The Independentin 2012. He claims the Queen simply asked, "What are you doing here?" before going to seek help. Fagan, who has offered differing accounts over the years, has most recently told The Telegraph that they didn't speak much at all. What did Michael Fagan say to the Queen?ĭespite the lengthy exchanged depicted in The Crown, the real conversation between Fagan and the Queen was reportedly much shorter. Finally, the authorities arrived and removed Fagan from the premises. Meanwhile, a maid and footman entered the bedroom and plied Fagan with cigarettes in a nearby pantry as they waited. When the police did not arrive within six minutes, she dialed again. She then called the palace telephonist, asking for the police. After Fagan opened the curtains in her bedroom at around 7:15 a.m., the Queen awoke and pressed the night alarm bell, but the night staff had gone off duty. According to a Scotland Yard investigation, Fagan says he found a glass ashtray in an anteroom and broke it, intending to slit his wrists in front of the Queen. He later testified to leaving the palace through the back gardens without attracting any attention from security.ĭuring the second break-in on July 9, 1982, Fagan entered a similar way and made his way towards the Queen's bedroom. He then wandered through the palace halls, opening (and drinking) a bottle of wine belonging to Prince Charles. Fagan first shimmied up a drainpipe and through a window. The first time was on Jafter his wife had left him. Michael Fagan does claim to have broken into Buckingham Palace twice, as shown on The Crown. Here's what actually happened then - and where Fagan ultimately ended up. Brigden // Getty Imagesįagan's real break-in and encounter, however, unfolded quite differently.
Michael Fagan, the intruder who gained access to the bedroom of Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace in 1982, pictured at the Tower of London, UK, 9th February 1985.
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