Bronwen Astor, who has died aged 87, was the chatelaine of Cliveden, the estate where John Profumo met Christine Keeler, at the time of the scandal that rocked 1960s Britain. When Bronwen Pugh, as she was, married into the Astor clan in 1960, she seemed to have the world at her feet. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Viscount (Bill) Astor and Bronwen Pugh on their wedding day in Hampstead, north London, in 1960. Photograph: J Wilds/Getty ImagesWhen the scandal exploded, Rice-Davies alleged in court that she had slept with Bill Astor. • Janet Bronwen Alun Astor, Lady Astor, model and psychotherapist, born 6 June 1930; died 28 December 2017

Source: The Guardian January 01, 2018 12:22 UTC