‘A very sordid affair’: How Profumo confided his ‘intimacy’ with showgirl Christine Keeler

John Profumo was embroiled in a national scandal involving sleaze and national security after it emerged that he had had an affair with young model Christine Keeler (Credits: Mirrorpix)John Profumo derided lover Christine Keeler as ‘simple’ as he admitted a ‘sordid’ affair with her, newly released files show.  The former cabinet minister confided that he had sexual relations with the 19-year-old ‘three or four times’ in a mu