John Profumo was a British politician and philanthropist, central to a major sex scandal in the 20th century UK. He was a member of Parliament and served as secretary of state for war in Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s cabinet. His sexual relationship with Christine Keeler, who was also in a relationship with a known Soviet operative, led to the end of his political career and the fall of Macmillan’s government in 1963.
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