British Politician Sex

British Politician Sex

A scandal that rocked the British parliament in 1963, it involved the British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, and a 21 year old ‘working girl’ named Christine Keeler.

News of the affair began with rumors.  When these rumors reached Profumo, they were quickly denied.  This failed to relieve the media attention though, as he was still followed and questioned daily.  Pretty soon, British Parliament began to worry about this suspected relationship.   They worried that Profumo was feeding Keeler important information that she was then passing on to Soviet spies.  The world was in the midst of the Cold War, and Keeler was known for having an affair with Soviet spy, Eugene Ivanov. She also lived with Stephen Ward, a wealthy and well known doctor whose other business involved him stealing important information and texts and passing them off to Ivanov and the Soviet Union.   

Continually pressed, Profumo made a speech to the House of Commons, again denying the rumours, claiming that he and Keeler were simply on ‘friendly terms’.  Ten weeks later though, Profumo finally came clean about the affair and apologized for misleading the House.  He claimed to have lied to protect his wife and kids, and insisted that he and Keeler’s relationship had not been an inappropriate one.  After this, he resigned from his government position.

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