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John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, had an extramarital affair with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler beginning in 1961. Profumo denied the affair in a statement to the House of Commons in 1963; weeks later, a police investigation proved that he had lied.
John ‘Jack’ Profumo. The Secretary of State for War at the time of the scandal that took his name, John Profumo resigned from the cabinet in June 1963. He subsequently devoted himself to Toynbee Hall, a charitable organisation in the East End of London that supports communities in poverty.
Jan 15, 2021 · On 6 June 1963 a story broke in British newspapers that shook the public and would rock the British Establishment. Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, had admitted to having an extra-marital affair. Not only that, but he had lied about it in the House of Commons.
Mar 11, 2006 · LONDON, March 10 - John Profumo, whose highflying political career in Britain ended in a cold war scandal of sex and espionage that gave way to a lifetime of atonement, died about midnight on...
John Profumo was forced to resign as Secretary of State for War in 1963 after he admitted lying to the Commons when he denied any "impropriety" with a young model, Christine...
Mar 10, 2006 · LONDON — John Profumo, whose high- flying political career ended in a Cold War scandal of sex and espionage that gave way to a lifetime of atonement, died around midnight Thursday, according to...
Mar 10, 2006 · Former British cabinet minister John Profumo, whose affair with a high-class prostitute linked to a Soviet naval attaché was one of the biggest political scandals of the 20th century, has died...
