Profumo was married to the beautiful Valerie Hobson (Great Expectations). She remained with him til he died.
Posted on 12/05/2017 1:48:02 PM PST by iowamark
The woman at the centre of the Profumo affair that helped define a decade, has died aged 75.
Often presented her as a femme fatale behind the downfall of two powerful men, she spent much of her life trying to shake off that image.
In 1963, she rocked the establishment when she had an affair with the Tory cabinet minister, John Profumo while also having a relationship with the Russian diplomat Yevgeny Ivanov at the height of the Cold War.
Her life is the subject of a BBC series which will be filmed next year and outlines her upbringing in Uxbridge, Middlesex where she was raised by her mother and stepfather.
It was as a cabaret dancer that she was thrust into the public eye when through the London party scene, she met Profumo, 46, who was secretary of state for war and Ivanov, who was the Russian military attache.
Profumo had to resign his post after he admitted he had lied to parliament about the affair. It was considered to be a factor behind the fall of the government led by Harold Macmillan, which was replaced by a Labour government in 1964 led by Harold Wilson.
It emerged in November 2017 that Profumo had a long-running relationship with a Nazi spy, according to newly released MI5 files with Gisela Winegard who may have tried to blackmail him.
Profumo dedicated his life to charity work and was awarded a CBE in 1975. He died in 2006, aged 91...
yep from the late 1400s to late 1800s to now
Remarkable..lol
Those names come flooding back into my mind as I remember those days of that scandal.
Anyone remember the scandal in Congress about that time with some gal who used “bondage” for Congressmen? I remember seeing a photo of her dressed in a leather outfit, spiked heels and a whip.
Then in 1974,there was the TIDAL BASIN BOMBSHELL caught with Arkansas Congressman Wilbur Mills.
Today, such congressmen go home to “spend time with their family” In the olden days of 2000 years ago they would go home and open a vein.
The only reason they hated the Soviet Union, was because Labour consisted of a bunch of Trotsky-ites.
And sometimes they had a little party before they did it.
I feel now like Christine Keeler
Sleep waking in the rain
I didn't mean to lose direction
I didn’t want that kind of fame
Didn’t really get the reference so I read up. The line is apt, 50 years later and her obituary is only about her scandalous affair.
Profumo was married to the beautiful Valerie Hobson (Great Expectations). She remained with him til he died.
Always like a little overbite in a woman. It’s a good look.
“He’s the hairy-handed gent
Who ran amok in Kent”
(I’d like to meet his tailor)
But, oh, every time I look at you,
I feel so low I don't know what to do.
Well every day just seems to bring bad news,
And leaves me here with the Post World War Two Blues",
1959 was a very strange time:
A bad year for Labour and a good year for wine;
Uncle Ike was our American pal,
And nobody talked about the Suez Canal.
I can still remember the last time I cried,
The day that Buddy Holly died;
I never met him, so it may seem strange,
But some people just affect you that way.
But, all in all, it was good
There even seemed to be an optimistic mood,
While TW3 sat and laughed at it all,
'Til some began to see the cracks in the walls.
And, one day, Macmillan was coming downstairs,
A voice in the dark caught him unawares;
It was Christine Keeler blowing him a kiss,
He said "I never believed it could happen like this.
But oh, every time I look at you,
I feel so low I don't know what to do;
And every day just seems to bring bad news,
Leaves me here with the post World War Two Blues".
I came up to London when I was nineteen,
With a corduroy jacket and a head full of dreams;
In coffee bars I spent my nights,
Reading Allen Ginsberg, talking civil rights.
The day Robert Kennedy got shot down,
The world was wearing a deeper frown,
And though I knew that we'd lost a friend,
I always believed we would win in the end;
'Cause music was the scenery:
Jimi Hendrix played loud and free,
Sergeant Pepper was real to me,
Songs and poems were all you needed.
Which way did the sixties go?
Now Ramona's in Desolation Row,
And where I'm going I hardly know,
It surely wasn't like this before.
But, oh, every time I look around,
I feel so low my head seems underground;
Well, every day just seems to bring bad news,
Leaves me here with the Post World War Two Blues.
Oh, every time I look at you,
I feel so low I don't know what to do;
Well, every day just seems to bring bad news,
Leaves me here with the post World War Two Blues.
Al Stewart, "Post-World War II Blues"
She died in 2014 at the age of 70. (I looked it up.)
Lie down with the dogs, etc.
Ah-oooo
Werewolves of London....
I have a 1989 issue of Playboy that had an article
= = =
For the articles, right?
No, for the cartoons/comics.
Yes, for the articles. I can say that with a straight face, hopefully, lol.
Joanne Whalley- Kilmer . Val Kilmer’s ex. and she’s beautiful.
Sadly, another person will have the same type of obit when she crosses over; a certain Monica Lewinski.
That is, unless she discovers a cure for cancer, learns how to script write hit movies or otherwise completely re-brands herself. It would have helped if she had at least changed her last name right after the Impeachment Hearings. Too late now.
It was Wilson's government which began the disastrous immigration policies that plague the UK today
“Then in 1974,there was the TIDAL BASIN BOMBSHELL caught with Arkansas Congressman Wilbur Mills.”
We all got a good laugh out of that one. He even ended up in a sleazy club in Boston.
To his credit,he retired in disgrace from politics ,got sober,and stayed sober for the rest of his life.
Mandy Rice Davies was the pretty one.
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