The Profumo affair: Where is the redemption of Christine Keeler?
December 05, 2013 12:14
A campaign is launched for the posthumous rehabilitation of Stephen Ward, whom we can only call the celebrity osteopath at the centre of the Profumo affair.
He introduced the 19-year-old Christine Keeler to both John Profumo, the secretary of state for war in Harold Macmillan's government, and the Russian naval attache, Yevgeny Ivanov, in 1961.
When it emerged that Keeler had slept with both men, Ward was charged with living off the immoral earnings of prostitutes.
He took an overdose and was found guilty while still in a coma. He died three days later. Profumo, who had lied to parliament about his involvement with Keeler, resigned. In 1964 the government fell.
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He introduced the 19-year-old Christine Keeler to both John Profumo, the secretary of state for war in Harold Macmillan's government, and the Russian naval attache, Yevgeny Ivanov, in 1961.
When it emerged that Keeler had slept with both men, Ward was charged with living off the immoral earnings of prostitutes.
He took an overdose and was found guilty while still in a coma. He died three days later. Profumo, who had lied to parliament about his involvement with Keeler, resigned. In 1964 the government fell.
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