成人快手

1982: Queen fends off bedroom intruder

A man breaks into Buckingham Palace and spends ten minutes talking to the Queen in her bedroom on 9 July 1982.

Michael Fagan, 31, scaled the walls around the palace at about 07:15 BST, and shinned the drainpipe up to the Queen's private apartments.

He evaded electronic alarms as well as palace and police guards, before disturbing the Queen by opening a curtain.

The Queen was only able to raise the alarm when he asked for a cigarette. She calmly called for a footman who held the intruder until police arrived.

成人快手 Archive: This report was originally broadcast on John Craven's Newsround on 12 July 1982.

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