A photo of a beautiful woman posing naked is enough to get people talking. But there was another reason it gained worldwide attention.
But it’s the story behind the 1963 black and white portrait that makes the image, taken by late Australian photographer Lewis Morley, so famous.It was shot amid the uproar of one of Britain’s biggest political scandals, when Keeler’s sexual relationship with married British politician and Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, was exposed.
As the story, which happened at the height of the Cold War, unravelled it was revealed Keeler, who denied being a prostitute, had also slept with another powerful man at the same time as her affair with Profumo – Soviet naval attache, Yevgeny Ivanov. The affairs sparked concerns about threats to national security and Ward faced a trial accused of living off Keeler’s earnings as a “call girl”, as well as the earnings of several other women in his orbit.Source:Getty Images
Sophie Cookson and Jack Greenlees in a scene from the TV series The Trial of Christine Keeler. Picture: BBC AustraliaAnother person embroiled in the saga was Keeler and Ward’s friend, Mandy Rice-Davies, who was cross-examined at Ward’s trial after claiming to have slept with another high profile man, Lord John Astor.
The photo became so famous it also propelled the chair she was sitting on, Arne Jacobsen’s Model 3107, to prominence.
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