Who was Stephen Ward? And why does his fate matter today?
The Profumo affair, with its mixture of sex, politics, aristocracy, and espionage, has become the archetypal scandal.
In 1962, Jack Profumo was British Secretary of State for War (ministerial titles were more frank in those days). He had a brief affair with a beautiful young woman, Christine Keeler, who was introduced to him by Dr Stephen Ward, a society osteopath. There it might have ended but for the fact that she was also involved with a Soviet diplomat and spy . . .
In the May issue of Australian Book Review, I write about Geoffrey Robertson’s Stephen Ward is Innocent, OK.
http://www.australianbookreview.com.au
Written by : cloudulous_admin
I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVES THAT WARD WAS INNOCENT.
AS A METTER A FACT WE DONT KNOW IF HE WAS CONNECTED TO SPY ACTING
BUT I AM SURE THIS WAS , IF IT DOES, IN ORDER TO HELP MI5 TO TARP THE RUSSIAN
SPY.
ANYWAY WE SHALL NOT FORGET HIS FASCINATING HUMAN PERSONAL WITH PLATONIC
RELATIONSHIP TO CHRISTINE AND MANDY AND IT WAS JUST TO HELP THEM.