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87,675. In the summer of 1963, the year of the The Beatles’ first LP, the biggest scandal of the post-war years burst on to the front pages of Britain’s newspapers. John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War, and a married man, resigned after admitting that he’d had an affair with a nineteen-year-old model called Christine Keeler. It was the height of the Cold War. (Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) Sex, Lies and a Very British Scapegoat, ITV 2013
87,676. Stephen Ward ... he was the pivotal figure. (Scandal & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid.
132,485. I’m an ordinary sort of person. It may be hard to believe but I never longed for the spotlight. But somehow the spotlight found me. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) The Trial of Christine Keeler I, Christine, BBC 2019
132,486. Then I met John Profumo. I’m 19 years old. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid.
132,487. I just wanna have a bit of fun, you know. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. Mandy to Christine
132,488. MI5 may have been watching Captain Ivanov but to me he was just another one of Stephen’s [Ward] friends. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid.
132,489. You know I could introduce you to a lot more fun. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. Stephen to Christine
132,491. Chaos seems to follow you wherever you go. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Chaos & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid.
132,492. I am not a bad person. I’m young. And I like to have fun. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. Christine
132,493. Terrible crimes have been committed. But not by me. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid.
132,513. The most natural instinct there is – the love of a powerful middle age man for a penniless girl. Is that a crime? (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) The Trial of Christine Keeler II, Christine’s commentary
132,514. Pleasure mixed with danger – I suppose that’s what Jack liked. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid.
132,515. I was a naive little girl with more power that I ever could have dreamed of. But in the end it wasn’t enough to save any of us. There were far bigger powers at work you see. The powers that really make the world go round. And friendships you thought would last for ever just vanished into thin air. Stephen may have been the puppet-master but he wasn’t pulling the strings any more. Not mine anyway. And the people who were, they were set to destroy us all. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid.
132,540. Trapped in a terrible place with no escape … I have no voice. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) The Trial of Christine Keeler III
132,541. And just like that I was someone else. Very Important Person indeed. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid.
133,114. The camera steals your soul. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Celebrity & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) The Trial of Christine Keeler IV, Stephen to Christine
133,115. I’d be more than happy to fill you in. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Celebrity & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. Stephen to journalist, seen by Profumo
133,116. All these tarts Ward has buzzing around here. He’s some sort of ponce, isn’t he? Living on Immoral Earnings. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Celebrity & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. rozzer
133,117. Soon we’ll be last week’s news, wrapping up fish and chips. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Celebrity & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. Jack, pillow talk to trouble n strife
133,118. If no-one was ashamed, would you get as excited? (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Celebrity & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. Christine to Stephen
133,119. The Party’s in a sorry state without me. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Celebrity & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. Jack to trouble-n-strife
133,120. … and then they decided about the crime. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Celebrity & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) The Trial of Christine Keeler V, Christine
133,121. Sex makes the world go round: look where that’s got me. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Celebrity & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. Christine to Stephen
133,493. I can tell you like to have fun – we have a future, you and I. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Celebrity & Fun & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) The Trial of Christine Keeler VI, Stephen to Christine
133,494. Christine Margaret Keeler: I am arrested on charges pertaining to perjury, conspiracy and attempting to obstruct the course of justice … (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Celebrity & Arrest & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid.
133,495. They want to get me, don’t they? They got Stephen, and I’m next. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Celebrity & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. Christine to rozzer
133,496. Justice has nothing to do with the truth. It’s a game. With ridiculous rules. (Trial & Scandal & Affair & Celebrity & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. Brief to Christine
134,101. Keeler/Profumo/Ward is one of those ageless stories that I just cannot let go … Much of it is relevant today. (Scandal & Journalism & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) Keeler, Profumo, Ward & Me, Tom Mangold, Daily Express, BBC 2020
134,102. With huge profits as the prize, Fleet Street reporters like me, who thought ethics was a county near London, were unleashed. (Scandal & Journalism & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid.
134,103. I saw for myself how that old order operated to make the innocent Stephen Ward a public scapegoat … ‘The worst case of wrongful conviction that I can remember in our history.’ (Scandal & Journalism & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. Geoffrey Robertson QC
134,104. War Minister Shock. (Scandal & Journalism & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid. 15th March 1963
134,105. At the preliminary hearing, every prosecution smear against Stephen – abortionist, brothel-keeper, spy – crammed the front pages, finally trashing his reputation. (Scandal & Journalism & Miscarriages of Justice: Ward) ibid.