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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.
Profumo affair, in British history, political and intelligence scandal in the early 1960s that helped topple the Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Involving sex, a Russian spy, and the secretary of state for war, the scandal captured the attention of the British public.
Jan 4, 2020 · It was indeed in March 1963 that the Profumo affair first became public. But the start of sexual intercourse can be dated more precisely, to the afternoon of Saturday 8 July 1961. “It did not...
Sex, lies and spies: the real history of the Profumo Affair. It was perhaps the biggest scandal in British political history, leading to jail sentences, suicide and the fall of a government. Anna Harris delves beneath the headlines for BBC History Revealed …
The Profumo affair. Later life. Death and tributes. References. External links. John Profumo. John Dennis Profumo CBE ( / prəˈfjuːmoʊ / prə-FEW-moh; 30 January 1915 – 9 March 2006) was a British politician whose career ended in 1963 after a sexual relationship with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler in 1961.
Feb 9, 2010 · On June 5, 1963, British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns his post following revelations that he had lied to the House of Commons about his sexual affair with Christine Keeler, an alleged...
Feb 12, 2020 · Almost 60 years on, public interest in the the sex and spying scandal known as the the Profumo affair remains undiminished, as demonstrated by the BBC’s recent drama series The Trial of...
