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      • Her life became the object of a Cold War political scandal when it became public knowledge that she had been sexually involved with Profumo — then Britain's minister for war — while doing the same with a Soviet diplomat based in London.
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  2. 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.

  3. Dec 30, 2019 · Ben Miles as John Profumo (BBC iPlayer/The Trial of Christine Keeler) After the Profumo affair Keeler was briefly married twice, and had two children. She published several accounts of the...

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  4. Aloysius 'Lucky' Gordon, a British-based Jamaican jazz singer, was involved with Keeler while she was seeing Johnny Edgecombe. In June 1963, Gordon was jailed for assaulting Keeler. She was later charged with perjury.

  5. 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...

  6. Dec 29, 2019 · She was not directly involved in the Profumo affair, but helped Keeler navigate the scandal, and also appeared at Ward’s trial.

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

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