The Profumo Affair

By Mollie Panter-Downe s.

The profumo affair. But also a moment. In March 63. In 1945 Ward began practising osteopathy in London.

Todays Brief Case is none other than the Profumo Affair. The relationship that brought down a Prime Minister. However what prevented this tawdry tale from being brushed under the carpet was the fact that Profumo was the Secretary of State for War and Keeler was also involved with Soviet naval attaché Yevgeny Ivanov.

Ward initially supported Profumos denial but after police tapped his phone and drove away his clients by. The Advisory Council discussed the status of papers relating to Lord Dennings inquiry into the Profumo affair. The scandal is named for John Profumo the UKs onetime secretary of state for war.

An Advisory Council spokesperson said. Keeler then went on to try to sell her story to a paper which raised further questions. Photograph from Keystone Getty.

HL Mencken said one time When you hear somebody say This is not about money its about. And that was that. His monastic silence about the case means that unusually for a retired.

Profumo affair in British history political and intelligence scandal in the early 1960s that helped topple the Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Harold MacmillanInvolving sex a Russian spy and the secretary of state for war the scandal captured the attention of. A serious British Scandal with huge repercussion. Stephen Thomas Ward 19 October 1912 3 August 1963 was an English osteopath and artist who was one of the central figures in the 1963 Profumo affair a British political scandal which brought about the resignation of John Profumo the Secretary of State for War and contributed to the defeat of the Conservative government a year later.