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Post by billyfarmer on Dec 5, 2017 22:07:16 GMT
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Post by Portland Road on Dec 6, 2017 9:17:16 GMT
I believe she had been brought up in a bohemian household.
This put her in a position to work in nightclubs, and meet 'influential' people.
Photos suggest she was swept up in the excitement of the events that became known as 'The Profumo Affair'. Whereas her colleague Mandy Rice-Davies seemed shrewder and more sophisticated.
I think Christine was manipulated by those more important.
R.I.P. Christine Keeler.
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Post by Zimbo on Dec 6, 2017 11:20:52 GMT
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Deus est regit qui omnia.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 12:29:20 GMT
I was only reading about Miss Keeler in a book last night and wondered how old she was.
RIP.
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Post by pr1 on Dec 6, 2017 14:51:44 GMT
I know the story and have seen the movie Scandal. Imagine what a media circus it would be if something similar happened today.
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Post by billyfarmer on Dec 6, 2017 18:10:48 GMT
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 9, 2017 15:43:30 GMT
I always assume 'Defence of the Realm' was based loosely on the Profumo affair.
I've seen 'Scandal' and thought it was a good, interesting watch.
Some believe Stephen Ward was used by the secret service to set up the whole thing.
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Post by Portland Road on Dec 11, 2017 7:57:43 GMT
I know the story and have seen the movie Scandal. Imagine what a media circus it would be if something similar happened today. It was quite a media circus at the time, certainly in (what became) the 'tabloid press' (they were still broadsheets then). I take your point though - it would infiltrate every part of the media now, with endless analysis. |
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Post by ace5150 on Dec 11, 2017 19:21:14 GMT
The sad thing is, she could never escape her past and lived with the notoriety of being a high class escort. If this had happened a decade or so later, she'd be a minor celebrity.
Very sad indeed
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 11, 2017 20:47:05 GMT
The sad thing is, she could never escape her past and lived with the notoriety of being a high class escort. If this had happened a decade or so later, she'd be a minor celebrity. Very sad indeed True. I was listening to a radio programme on the subject last week and at one point she took a job in a school kitchen. After a short time her identity was realised and she was asked to leave as someone with her reputation wasn't deemed fit to hold such a position. |
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Post by pr1 on Dec 12, 2017 4:07:34 GMT
The sad thing is, she could never escape her past and lived with the notoriety of being a high class escort. If this had happened a decade or so later, she'd be a minor celebrity. Very sad indeed If it happened more recently and here in the US she probley would have had a reality show. |
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