Profumo affair a fellow Murray's Club dancer three years her junior. The two girls left Murray's, and attempted without success to pursue careers as freelance models. Keeler also lived for short periods with various boyfriends, but regularly returned to Ward, who had acquired a house in Wimpole Mews. There she met many of Ward's friends, among them Lord Astor, a long-time patient who was also a political ally of Profumo. She often spent weekends at a riverside cottage that Ward rented on Astor's country estate, Cliveden, in Buckinghamshire. Stephen Ward, born in Hertfordshire in 1912, qualified as an osteopath in the United
Alessandro Profumo only son Marco was born the same year. Having to support a family, Profumo dropped out of college and started his professional career at Banco Lariano, with an initial salary of 377,000 Italian Lire. In 1987 Profumo resumed his studies and obtained a degree in Business Economics. By December of the same year he joined McKinsey, where he acted as a consultant to financial institutions. In 1989 Profumo changed to the "Bain, Cuneo & Associati" consultancy. In 1991 he left the consultant path and was appointed to General Manager of the banking and financial sector at "RAS", Riunione Adriatica di