It is a moment the Queen would no doubt rather forget as it not only caused a major security scare at Buckignham Palace but rudely interupted her sleep.
By James Orr and Victoria Ward7:00AM GMT 24 Feb 2012
But now the morning she woke up to find an intruder in her bedroom is to be recreated in a new television drama starring Emma Thompson.
And the Queen has found an unlikely ally: Michael Fagan, the man who broke into the Palace. He has criticised producers for recreating the incident saying it shows a "lack of respect" for the Queen in her jubilee year.
Walking the Dogs, which is set to be screened this year, looks back at the moment Michael Fagan scaled walls and rooftops to find himself beside the startled monarch’s four-poster bed. But speaking yesterday, the now 61-year-old claimed his "moment of madness" should be kept hidden and not revisited during the Queen’s jubilee year.
He said: "The Queen deserves respect and I'm sorry that all the focus over all these years has been on the fact that I was in her bedroom.
"I can't believe they're now putting so much attention on it, particularly in her jubilee year. "It was just a moment of madness. For her to be dragged through the dirt by me isn't nice. And how can they make a drama? They don't know what happened in there.”
Read further: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9101676/Emma-Thompson-stars-as-Queen-in-Palace-break-in-drama.html
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