On 6 June 1963 a story broke in British newspapers that shook the public and would rock the British Establishment. Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, had admitted to having an extra-marital affair.
Not only that, but he had lied about it in the House of Commons. The woman he had slept with was called Christine Keeler.
Here are 10 facts about what has come to be notoriously known as the ‘Profumo Affair’.
1. Keeler worked in a nightclub when she first moved to London
In 1959 Dr Stephen Ward, a noted osteopath, was visiting Murray’s nightclub in Soho when he met Keeler. Ward had many important patients and friends including members of Parliament and the royal family.
