Profumo affair Party was marked by the scandal, which may have contributed to its defeat by the Labour Party in the 1964 general election. When the Profumo–Keeler affair was first revealed, public interest was heightened by reports that Keeler may have been simultaneously involved with Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché, thereby creating a possible security risk. Keeler knew both Profumo and Ivanov through her friendship with Stephen Ward, an osteopath and socialite who had taken her under his wing. The exposure of the affair generated rumours of other scandals, and drew official attention to the activities of Ward, who was
Christine Keeler Ochs about the Profumo affair, released on his posthumous 1989 compilation album "The Broadside Tapes 1". In 1994, UK indie guitar band Senseless Things released a song entitled Christine Keeler which featured on their 1995 album 'Taking Care Of Business'. On 5 December 2017, Keeler's son Seymour Platt announced that his mother "passed away last night at about 11.30 p.m." at the Princess Royal University Hospital in Locksbottom, Greater London. She had been ill for some months, suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and was aged 75. Her funeral took place on 16 December. By Christine Keeler By others Citations