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John Dennis Profumo CBE (/ p r ə ˈ f juː m oʊ / prə-FEW-moh; 30 January 1915 – 9 March 2006) was a British politician whose career ended in 1963 after a sexual relationship with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler in 1961.
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
Jun 13, 2024 · John Profumo was a British politician and philanthropist who was the central character in one of the U.K.’s most spectacular sex scandals of the 20th century. The affair helped bring down Britain’s government and led Profumo to devote the rest of his life to charity.
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Jun 27, 2024 · Profumo affair, in British history, political and intelligence scandal in the early 1960s that helped topple the Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War, resigned after admitting an affair with Christine Keeler, who also had a liaison with a Soviet diplomat. The affair exposed the web of lies and intrigue that involved Stephen Ward, MI5 and MI6, and shook the British political establishment.
Mar 11, 2006 · LONDON, March 10 - John Profumo, whose highflying political career in Britain ended in a cold war scandal of sex and espionage that gave way to a lifetime of atonement, died about midnight on...
Mar 10, 2006 · LONDON — John Profumo, whose high- flying political career ended in a Cold War scandal of sex and espionage that gave way to a lifetime of atonement, died around midnight Thursday, according to...
