McKellen and Joanne Whalley. Read more:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-379518/The-Profumo-Affair-Timeline-scandal.html#ixzz1lx5EUBd1 Profumo Affair From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The  Profumo Affair  was a 1963  British political scandal  named after  John Profumo ,  Secretary of State for War . His affair with  Christine Keeler , the reputed mistress of an alleged Russian spy, followed by lying in