Word: profumo
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...century." The acquittal last week of Thorpe and three co-defendants ended a three-year ordeal that had cost the politician his party leadership, his seat in Parliament and one of the most promising careers in British politics. In the most bizarre sexual-political scandal since War Minister John Profumo's dalliance with Girl-About-Town Christine Keeler in 1963, Thorpe had been accused of plotting to murder Norman Scott, a former male model, because Scott's allegations of a homosexual affair between them threatened Thorpe's career...
...after being formally charged with conspiracy to murder. The alleged target: Norman Scott, 37, a down-and-out male model who 2½ years ago publicly claimed that he and Thorpe had had a homosexual relationship. The stunning legal action presented Britons with their greatest political scandal since the Profumo sex-and-national-security expose...
...Lucy Profumo...
Queen Elizabeth's court is considered pretty starchy, but it does believe sinners can be redeemed by good works. For former Tory Minister John Profumo, the road to redemption led from Parliament to London's slums after his affair with Call Girl Christine Keeler in 1963. Last week Profumo, 60, was at Buckingham Palace with his wife, Valerie Hobson. The former Secretary of State for War had come to accept the Queen's thanks and investiture as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his work with ex-addicts, alcoholics and London...
...Street. When it raps a paper, that publication-and all others-generally print the decision. One of the council's most publicized condemnations led the News of the World to tone down a series of after-the-fact confessions by Christine Keeler, the feminine lead in the 1963 Profumo scandal. Last September the council chided London's Daily Mirror for being "too definitive" in blaming a crew member for a plane crash while an investigation was just beginning. The Mirror apologized in print. When the council argued last January against further legal restrictions on news reporting, the government...