#IMMORAL WARD SETUP SERIES#

Ward moved to London after school and worked for a few months as a carpet salesman, before an uncle found him a job in as a translator in the German branch of Shell Oil. Ward was born in Hertfordshire to a family with a military and clerical background.Дescribed as вЂњlazyвЂќ and вЂњa regular underachieverвЂќ during his formative year, he had few realistic career choices when he left school. Who was Stephen Ward? Christine met John Profumo through their mutual friend Stephen Ward (Photo: Express/Express/Getty Images) A year later the Labour party won the general election.

#IMMORAL WARD SETUP SERIES#

It was the most serious affair in a series of scandals during MacmillanвЂ™s premiership that contributed to his resignation in October 1963. However, after a few months, Profumo resigned from his post and admitted to the affair. Labour deemed the affair a security issue, causing George Wigg MP to use Parliamentary privilege to accuse Profumo of having an affair with Keeler, which the War Secretary denied to the House of Commons. In 1963, Profumo and KeelerвЂ™s affair вЂ“ which had already ended at this point вЂ“ was exposed. Keeler was feared to have passed information about Profumo to Ivanov. Keeler was living with Ward platonically and working at Soho nightclub MurrayвЂ™s.Дuring KeelerвЂ™s brief relationship with Profumo, she was said to have also been romantically involved with Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attache who was also involved in espionage. The Profumo affair refers to the scandal surrounding the War SecretaryвЂ™s extra-marital affair with Keeler after they were introduced to one another by socialite Ward.

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