[lee martell]

I knew nothing of this before. The characters and costumes change, but the story remains the same.

[iowamark]

The Profumo affair was huge news in 1963. The real tragedy for Britain was the Labour Wilson government in 1964.

[pepsi_junkie]

I had heard of it in passing but didn’t know specifics. Then I noted that a band I enjoy, the weirdly named Porcupine Tree, had a lyric saying

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.