Former Secretary of State for War, John Profumo MP, who was embroiled in 1960s sex scandal, is greeted at bottom of plane steps as his mistress Christine Keeler posed for the press elsewhere.
His role in one of the most notorious scandals of the 20th century has long been a source of speculation.
At the heart of the scandal was the married secretary of state for war John Profumo, who had denied in the Commons in March 1963 that he had a sexual relationship with teenage showgirl Keeler. He was forced to resign months later when proof of the affair became public. The scandal had national security implications because Keeler was also sleeping with Russian military attache Yevgeny Ivanov.
Read More Prince Philip, Profumo and the art work mystery said to link the Duke of Edinburgh to the most notorious sex scandal ever to rock a British government Philip's links to the Profumo affair formed a key storyline in the Netflix series The Crown. It was at one of many Cliveden pool parties that Ward fatefully introduced Keeler to John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War, and his wife, the actress Valerie Hobson
A third photo taken in 1964 shows Keeler eating a chicken drumstick following her release from prison There matters might have rested but for the fact that Keeler also claimed to have slept with a man called Yevgeny Ivanov, the Soviet naval attaché - a potential security risk. Keeler had served four and a half months for perjury after being found to have falsely accused a man of assault at a friend's home.
The images were taken by an unknown photographer while Keeler worked as a showgirl at the glamorous Murray's Cabaret Club in Soho, London. The pair hit the headlines after seven shots were fired at Ward's house in a quiet Marylebone mews by a jilted boyfriend of Keeler a year later in December 1962.
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