When interviewed by police he claimed that his out-of-hours royal excursion on 9 July was, in fact, his second in a matter of weeks. The plot was to thicken even more when, in the wake of the scandal, it transpired that Fagan had form when it came to royal break-ins. How many times did Michael Fagan break into Buckingham Palace?
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Precise details of what happened next have changed through the years, with Fagan himself altering his story several times. Fagan later claimed he had intended to slash his wrists with the glass in the presence of the Queen – an intention that had formed in his mind after smashing the ashtray. After smashing – and accidentally cutting his hand on – a glass ashtray, which he intended to use to slash through pigeon netting on the roof as he exited the building, a bleeding Fagan, still clutching fragments of glass, began wandering the empty corridors. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)Īfter shinning up a drainpipe, Fagan, who later confessed to having imbibed several glasses of whisky before enacting the audacious stunt, removed his socks and sandals before entering the palace through an unlocked window.
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