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      • 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 osteopath and socialite Stephen Ward.
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  1. 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.

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  3. Jul 21, 2024 · When she was 19, she had been sleeping with both Profumo, then 48, and a Russian spy named Evgeny Ivanov. Profumo told the Commons that he had not been involved in a relationship with the young...

  4. A love triangle involving Keeler and two other men resulted in shots fired outside Ward’s apartment. When the police investigated, Keeler revealed her involvement with Profumo.

  5. Jul 29, 2024 · A 19-year-old Christine Keeler met Stephen Ward while she was dancing in the clubs of Soho. The osteopath then invited her to his home at Cliveden, the estate of the 3rd Viscount Astor and his wife, Bronwen Astor.

  6. 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...

  7. Dec 6, 2020 · At a country estate party in July 1961, 46-year-old John Profumo — Macmillan’s secretary of state for war and a Conservative politician on the rise — met 19-year-old dancer Christine Keeler.

  8. 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...