36 Facts About Profumo affair

Profumo affair was a major scandal in twentieth-century British politics.

Profumo affair subsequently worked as a volunteer at Toynbee Hall, an East London charitable trust.

Profumo affair first entered Parliament in 1940 as the Conservative member for Kettering, while serving with the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, and combined his political and military duties through the Second World War.

Profumo affair lost his seat in the 1945 general election, but was elected in 1950 for Stratford-on-Avon.

Profumo affair's performance was watched with a critical eye by his opposition counterpart George Wigg, a former regular soldier.

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Profumo affair aspired to be a model, and at 16 had a photograph published in Tit-Bits magazine.

Profumo affair left Ward after a few months to become the mistress of the property dealer Peter Rachman, and later shared lodgings with Mandy Rice-Davies, a fellow Murray's dancer two and a half years her junior.

Profumo affair often spent weekends at a riverside cottage that Ward rented on Astor's country estate, Cliveden, in Buckinghamshire.

Profumo affair was, Profumo informed his son many years later, "a very pretty girl and very sweet".

Keeler did not know, initially, who Profumo affair was, but was impressed that he was the husband of a famous film star and was prepared to have "a bit of fun" with him.

Profumo affair was greatly attracted to Keeler, and promised to be in touch with her.

Profumo affair's interest in Keeler was an unwelcome complication in MI5's plans to use her in a honey trap operation against Ivanov, to help secure his defection.

The Profumo affair that ensued was brief; some commentators have suggested that it ended after a few weeks, while others believe that it continued, with decreasing fervour, until December 1961.

The relationship was characterised by Keeler as an unromantic relationship without expectations, a "screw of convenience", although she states that Profumo affair hoped for a longer-term commitment and that he offered to set her up in a flat.

Couple usually met at Wimpole Mews, when Ward was absent, although once, when Hobson was away, Profumo affair took Keeler to his home at Chester Terrace in Regent's Park.

Profumo affair was equally adamant that no such discussions took place.

Some commentators have assumed that this letter ended the association; Keeler insisted that the Profumo affair ended later, after her persistent refusals to stop living with Ward.

Profumo affair began confronting her friends, and often telephoned her at unsocial hours.

When Profumo affair's lawyers tried to persuade Keeler not to publish, the compensation she demanded was so large that they considered charges of extortion.

Profumo affair had, without informing the court, gone to Spain, although at this stage her whereabouts were unknown.

Every newspaper knew the rumours linking Keeler with Profumo affair, but refrained from reporting any direct connection; in the wake of the Radcliffe inquiry they were, in Wigg's later words, "willing to wound but afraid to strike".

Profumo affair acknowledged friendships with Keeler and Ward, the former of whom, he said, he had last seen in December 1961.

Profumo affair expressed astonishment at the fuss her absence had caused, adding that her friendship with Profumo and his wife was entirely innocent and that she had many friends in important positions.

Profumo affair was required to forfeit her recognizance of £40, but no other action was taken against her.

Meanwhile, Profumo affair was awarded costs and £50 damages against the British distributors of an Italian magazine that had printed a story hinting at his guilt.

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Profumo affair added that he had been covering for Profumo, whose Commons statement was substantially false.

Profumo affair wrote to Wilson, who showed the letter to Macmillan.

Profumo affair maintained that his innocence would be established by two witnesses who, the police told the court, could not be found.

Profumo affair mentioned the false allegations against Galbraith, and the failure of the security services to share their detailed information with him.

Profumo affair had been guilty of an "indiscretion", but no one could doubt his loyalty.

Profumo affair laid most of the blame for the affair on Ward, an "utterly immoral" man whose diplomatic activities were "misconceived and misdirected".

Profumo affair continued his association with the settlement for the remainder of his life, at first in a menial capacity, then as administrator, fund-raiser, council member, chairman and finally president.

Profumo affair was later described by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a national hero, and was a guest at her 80th birthday celebrations in 2005.

Profumo affair published several inconsistent accounts of her life, in which Ward has been variously represented as a "gentleman", her truest love, a Soviet spy, and a traitor ranking alongside Kim Philby, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean.

Profumo affair was married three times, in what she described as her "slow descent into respectability".

The ITV series Endeavour pilot episode makes reference to the Profumo affair and used elements of the Profumo affair as similar plot devices in the 2011 pilot episode.