The Queen thought Buckingham Palace prowler Michael Fagan was a ‘drunk member of employees’, her former safety officer has revealed.
Fagan famously managed to scale the Palace partitions earlier than creeping into Her Majesty’s bed room whereas she slept in 1982.
However her former Royal Safety Officer, Richard Griffin, has stated the late monarch thought Fagan was only a drunk member of employees.
He advised Sky Information: ‘I’ve mentioned it with the Queen and she or he stated initially she thought it was a member of employees who simply had an excessive amount of to drink. Then she shortly realised what was taking place.’
He added: ‘‘The saving grace was that he hadn’t recognised her. She requested him what his identify was, and he stated Michael, and he requested her what her identify was, and she or he stated what would you like.
‘And he stated he needed some foods and drinks, and she or he was in a position to summon the police and the remaining is historical past.
‘She simply thought he was only a member of employees however she couldn’t perceive how he acquired previous the police officer on the door, however he’d clearly been relieved from her duties.’
Fagan – then an unemployed decorator on the time – has stated he entered a room on the bottom ground however observed that he couldn't make his method via the remainder of the palace.
So, he as an alternative climbed again out of the window and shimmied up a drainpipe so he might attain the rooftop the place he acquired into the Queen’s room.
Mr Griffin stated the police officer who was as a consequence of wait exterior that night time had been relieved of his duties early.
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The footman despatched to alleviate him then left his publish for 10 minutes to take the Queen’s Corgis out.
It was in that small window of time that Fagan managed to get into her room.
Mr Griffin went on: ‘How he discovered his method there – there are over 700 rooms, and there’s not an indication on the Queen’s bed room door that claims the Queen sleeps right here.
‘He simply turned up in that 10-minute slot and happily, the footman got here again and noticed the bed room door ajar, and went in.’
Mr Griffin added: ‘I’m unsure the reality has come out of it; I simply discover it wonderful that somebody can climb over a wall, get right into a constructing like that, discover his method to the Queen’s bed room, but it surely most likely was simply probability.
‘She by no means joked about it, she remained calm, I feel she was shocked and surprised.
‘The Queen and , and somebody can break into her bed room at night time is simply incredulous.
‘She stored calm and knew individuals have been round, and happily Fagan when he stated he needed one thing to eat and drink, she was in a position to get onto the telephone to the switchboard who have been in a position to contact police management, and one of many policemen was in a position to go as much as the Queen’s condo.
‘It was handled very in a short time, however clearly it was very worrying.’
Fagan was discovered not responsible of housebreaking for the primary break-in, and he was acquitted of trespassing within the July 1982 incident.
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