She had allegedly pursued simultaneous affairs with a British defense secretary and a Soviet naval attaché. The scandal rocked Britain at the height of the Cold War. Christine Keeler, the model and showgirl whose love affairs during the Cold War almost brought down the British government in the early 1960s, has died aged 75. But it emerged that the then 19-year-old had also slept with a Soviet naval attaché linked to Soviet intelligence services. Profumo, a married man, later resigned after it emerged that he had lied to the British Parliament about his sexual relationship with Keeler.

Source: Egypt Independent December 06, 2017 10:41 UTC