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 Involving sex, a russian spy, and the secretary of state for war, the scandal captured the attention of the british public. On june 5, 1963, british secretary of war john profumo resigns his post following revelations that he had lied to the house of commons about his sexual affair with christine keeler, an alleged. The real history of the profumo affair it was perhaps the biggest scandal in british political history, leading to jail sentences, suicide and the fall of a government Anna harris delves beneath the headlines for bbc history revealed … The profumo affair led to a government minister's resignation on 5 june 1963
In 1983, christine keeler talked to the bbc about her part in a story of sex, lies and cold war paranoia. This may have been a fictional account of the quarrel within the british royal family, but the political scandal involving a british politician, a popular socialite, a naive showgirl and a soviet. Secretary of state for war, john profumo, has resigned from government, admitting he lied to parliament about his relationship with a call girl Prime minister harold macmillan accepted the resignation calling it a great tragedy The story had it all Sex, showgirls and the british upper class
I was an uneducated girl, and when i was 19, politics was completely incomprehensible to me, she told the bbc in 1983 Its enduring fascination perhaps lies in its blend of sex, power, and intrigue, as well as its status as a watershed moment in british cultural history As the journalist anne mcelvoy writes, the profumo affair was a perfect storm in which the worlds of politics, espionage and sex collided in a way that britain had never seen before.
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