From the palace to a prison cell
Born in Clerkenwell, London, to Michael and Ivy Fagan; two younger sisters, Margaret and Elizabeth.
Attends Compton Street School, London.
Leaves home at 16 to escape his father, who, Fagan says, was violent. Works as a painter and decorator.
Marries Christine, with whom he has four children.
Breaks into Buckingham Palace twice in a month; the second time he makes it into the Queen's bedroom and speaks to her. Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw offers his resignation over the security breach; the Queen refuses. Fagan is sent to Brixton Prison and Park Lane secure mental institution on unrelated offences of taking a car and assault.
Releases a version of “God Save the Queen” with the Bollock Brothers
Attacks a policeman in a café in Fishguard, Wales, and is given a three-month suspended jail sentence.
Found guilty of indecent exposure after a woman saw him running around with no trousers on waste ground in Chingford, Essex.
Fagan, his wife and their son Arran (20) are charged with conspiring to supply heroin. Fagan goes to prison for four years.