Christine Keeler

CHRISTINE KEELER d2017. English model and showgirl. Her meeting at a dance club with society osteopath Stephen Ward drew her into fashionable circles. At the height of the Cold War, she became sexually involved with a married Cabinet minister, John Profumo, as well as with a Soviet naval attache Yevgeny Ivanov. A shooting incident involving a third lover caused the press to investigate her, revealing that her affairs could be threatening national security. In the House of Commons, Profumo denied any improper conduct but later admitted that he had lied. This incident discredited the Conservative government under Harold Macmillan in 1963, in what became known as the Profumo affair. Christine Keeler was alleged to have been a prostitute which was not a criminal offence. Stephen Ward was however found guilty of being her pimp and a trial was instigated after the embarrassment caused to the government. Stephen Ward committed suicide on August 3rd 1963. The trial has since been considered a miscarriage of justice and a charade by the establishment to protect itself. She died in London aged 75 on December 4th 2017