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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.
In an upstairs flat at 17 Wimpole Mews in Marylebone, Stephen Ward is with his latest protégée – 19-year-old Christine Keeler. Ward had ‘discovered’ her two years earlier, working as a showgirl in Murray’s Cabaret Club in Soho.
Aug 30, 2021 · In 1961, John Profumo began an affair with showgirl Christine Keeler — and the ensuing Profumo Scandal sent Britain into a tailspin. Christine Keeler met the Secretary of State for War at a lavish pool party in 1961.
- Morgan Dunn
Dec 30, 2019 · It was 1961 in London and 19-year-old model Christine Keeler was sleeping with both John Profumo, 46, the Conservative Secretary of State for War, and Yevgeny Ivanov, 31, a naval attaché at...
May 25, 2024 · Profumo and Keeler‘s dalliance was brief, lasting only a few months until Profumo cut off contact in August 1961. However, whispers about the affair, and Keeler‘s simultaneous fling with Ivanov, began to spread through London‘s gossipy upper crust.
Dec 30, 2019 · Police investigations into the incident soon led to the uncovering of Keeler’s affair with Profumo. In March 1963, Profumo denied any impropriety in a public statement to the House of Commons.
Jan 26, 2020 · At the centre of it all was a 19-year-old woman called Christine Keeler, who became involved in an affair with Profumo at the height of the Cold War after they were introduced to each other by...
