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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

the Profumo affair

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Her bombshell looks captured the nation’s attention when she starred in the Profumo affair.
And half a century after the notorious sex scandal rocked the political establishment, Mandy Rice-Davies appears to have lost none of her striking beauty.
Appearing at the launch of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical about the affair, the glamorous 68-year-old could have been mistaken for the much younger actress who will play her on stage.
Miss Keeler’s sexual liaisons with Tory minister John Profumo and Russian naval attaché Yevgeny Ivanov led to one of the biggest political scandals of the 20th century.

Charlotte Blackledge, who plays Mandy Rice Davies and the former showgirl

Bombshell: Mandy Rice-Davies
Christine Keeler on her way to the Old Bailey
Bombshells: Mandy Rice-Davies  and Christine Keeler who found themselves embroiled in the affair


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2439545/Mandy-Rice-Davies-launch-Profumo-affair-musical-Stephen-Ward.html#ixzz2gVYctll4 

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