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Married Tory war minister Profumo and Soviet spy Yevgeny Ivanov were both having sex with Miss Keeler in 1961 when she was 19 after they were introduced to her by Stephen Ward.
Stephen Ward was convicted of living off the immoral earnings of prostitutes, but died before he could be sentenced, having taken a drug overdose during his trial
>> this is one of the landmark moments in kiss and tell journalism. >> i'm going to tell everything that happened. before people judge me, they must know my real story. >> in 1963, there was what can only be termed a political earthquake in the uk. >> john profumo, a senior member of the british government has been having an affair with a showgirl and model called christine keeler. he shares that mistress unknowingly with a soviet attache. so there's a fear that intelligence has been leaked. he is forced into disgrace, and the government sort of crumbles around him. >> he then decides he is go...
Gets overlooked, and giving them a voice in media. and oh, by the way, he makes a penny or two off of it. >> when you take the offensive controversy and keep it rolling for six weeks, so much the better. >> this kind of impulse that rupert has of kind of enjoying tweaking the establishment really reveals itself with the profumo affair. >> this is one of the landmark moments in kiss and tell journalism. >> i'm going to tell everything that happened before. people judge me, they must know my real story. >> in 1963, there was what can only be termed a political earthquake in the uk. >> john profu...
Passions of an audience that gets overlooked, and giving them a voice in media. and oh, by the way, he makes a penny or two off of it. >> when you take the offensive controversy and keep it rolling for six weeks, so much the better. >> this kind of impulse that rupert has of kind of enjoying tweaking the establishment really reveals itself with the profumo affair. >> this is one of the landmark moments in kiss and tell journalism. >> i'm going to tell everything that happened before. people judge me, they must know my real story. >> in 1963, there was what can only be termed a political earthq...