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
Lady Edith Foxwell who remained close friends with Margaret, Duchess of Argyll after the "headless man" scandal which, combined with the Profumo affair involving Christine Keeler, threatened to topple the Government of the day. In the 1970s she began running the Embassy Club in Mayfair, which was London's first modern New York City-style nightclub and which attracted many celebrities, including Marvin Gaye, who became a frequent guest at Lady Edith's estate at Sherston, Wiltshire. The Sherston house became notorious for its sex and drugs parties attended by a mixture of show business celebrities and members of the aristocracy. Lady Foxwell and Marvin Gaye