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Há 4 dias · It was there in July that John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan‘s Conservative government, first met Christine Keeler, a striking 19-year-old model and topless dancer. Profumo was 46, married, and a rising star in the Tory party, a veteran MP who had previously served as a junior minister at the Foreign Office.
Há 1 dia · Scandal provides a sensationalist and seductive account of the high-society parties and meetings that led to the widely-publicised and controversial affair and its subsequent political fallout, showcasing the hedonism of British politics in the mid-20th century and the immoralism that dominated the early 1960s. At the centre is Ward, who ...
Há 2 dias · It came after 13 years of Tory rule, and the Tories had lost their charismatic leader, Harold Macmillan, to be replaced by Alec Douglas Home who did not have quite the same appeal. The Government was exhausted and beset by scandals, the most well-known one being John Profumo and Christine Keeler. This still inspires films and TV serials.
Há 2 dias · Most famously, or notoriously, it was at a Cliveden party in 1961 that Conservative minister John Profumo met a 19-year-old dancer Christine Keeler. They began an affair, ...
Há 1 dia · John Hannah, making his TV debut, ... It was also the first major project for director Michael Caton Jones two years before he tackled the Profumo story on the big screen in Scandal.
Há 1 dia · Booking details for Cliveden House & Spa. Address: Cliveden House & Spa, Bourne End Rd, Taplow, Maidenhead SL6 0JF, United Kingdom. Book at Booking.com Book at Expedia. Read more from Vogue’s ...
Há 1 dia · Here are five London hotels with a story that we’ve come to love. Courtesy of Beaverbrook Town House. Beaverbrook Town House. Politician and proprietor of the legendary Daily Express and Sunday ...
