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appearing 1988 on television discussion '' after dark '' in uxbridge , middlesex british christine keeler 22 february 1942 profumo affair christine keeler on after dark.jpg christine keeler
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christine keeler

christine margaret keeler -lrb- born 22 february 1942 -rrb- is an english former model and showgirl .
her meeting at a dance-club with society osteopath stephen ward drew her into fashionable circles , and she became sexually involved with a married government minister john profumo , as well as a soviet diplomat , at the height of the cold war .
a shooting incident between two of her other lovers caused the press to investigate her , revealing that her affairs could be threatening national security .
in the house of commons , profumo denied any improper conduct , but later admitted that he had lied .
this incident discredited the conservative government of harold macmillan in 1963 , in what became known as the profumo affair .
