For sale are rare photographs of Christine Keeler (Profumo scandal mistress) that have never been seen before.
These snaps show the model in a sleeveless gown and getting into her Mini after she was released from jail for perjury in 1964.
Two others show her posing for the camera in a white dress with a glass of champagne, while a third image in the sale shows Keeler topless with her arms crossed.
All the photographs are being sold with Sworders of Stansted Mountfitchet, in Essex.
After her affair with John Profumo, then the War Minister of John’s time, and an alleged Russian spy in 1963 Keeler was made a national outcast.
For sale are rare photos of Christine Keeler (Profumo scandal mistress) that have never been seen before.
Keeler is seen topless, her arms cross and with one photo of John Profumo (war minister) shortly before embarking on an egregious affair with Keeler.
After Profumo had quit over the scandal, Profumo was arrested for perjury and she was sent to jail in December 1963.
Lucky Gordon, Keeler’s former partner and alleged attacker of Keeler, was brought to trial. He was sentenced to three years in prison.
Later, however, she admitted to lying to the court. She was sentenced for nine months.
Half of her sentence was completed and she met Ray Bellisario, a photographer.
The print of her in her Mini is tipped to sell for £600.
An anonymous collector has owned it since 2013. Copyright is not available for this item.
Keeler is pictured in another colour image, with champagne in her hands.
One of the snaps shows her in a sleeveless gown and getting into her Mini after she was released from jail for perjury.
The three colour photos of Keeler by an unknown photographer are also expected to sell for £600 with auctioneers Sworders of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex.
Mark Wilkinson is a Sworders specialist and said that the photographs were being valued because Keeler’s father, Seymour Platt started a legal battle for a posthumous Pardon.
After Keeler’s death in 2017, Seymour wants to reverse his mother’s conviction.
She requested in her will that he tell her the truth as much as he can.
Wilkinson explained that the revelation by John Profumo, a member of the House of Commons who had been lying to them about his extramarital affair and with Christine Keeler (19 years old) was a turning point in 1963. The nation began to lose faith in the ruling classes.
The fallout from the Macmillan scandal contributed to Conservative defeat that year.
“Almost sixty years later, dramatisations about the Profumo Affair still appear on screen and stage.
John Profumo and Valerie Hobson are pictured together in 1958. They remained married even after Keeler’s affair.
The story of ‘Keeler just keeps getting bigger. Last year, her family filed a request for miscarriage justice.
“The following coverage stimulated once more interest in her.
“Very few photos exist that were taken by Bellisario during her first day in freedom.
On February 15, the photos will go up for sale.
Before he quit, Profumo was touted as the future Prime Minister.
Lucky Gordon’s non-related conviction was what led to the scandal. After admitting to stalking and attacking Miss Keeler, he was sentenced.
Keeler was also having an affair with Profumo. She had also been involved in a relationship with Eugene Ivanov, a Russian spy and naval officer.
Keeler, according to some reports, was asked by Ivanov when West Germans would receive U.S.-made nuclear missiles.
Gordon appealed the conviction. Keeler, however was charged for perjury and falsely representing Gordon It was also denied that two additional men were present at the incident.
On legal advice, she pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine months imprisonment. She was sentenced to half her term.
Christine Keeler was who? And what did the Profumo matter mean to her?
Christine Keeler, a Middlesex native, moved to London in her teens and started working for Murray’s Cabaret Club Soho.
She met with Dr Stephen Ward in London, an osteopath and fixer who “procured women” for the Establishment’s top-ranking members.
While attending a party hosted by Lady and Lord Astor in 1961, he introduced her to John Profumo, Conservative War Minister.
After seven shots were fired on Ward’s home in quiet Marylebone mews in December 1962 by Keeler, a jilted boyfriend, the pair made headlines.
Christine Keeler was born in Middlesex. She moved to London when she was a teenager, and started working for Murray’s Cabaret Club. Right: John Profumo (pictured with his glamorous actress wife Valerie Hobson) had to resign after details of his affair with Christine Keeler emerged
The 19-year old Keeler was found to have been having an affair with Profumo (now 48), and the handsome Russian spy EvgenyIvanov.
Profumo then lied to Parliament about the story when it broke.
He was soon found out and Keeler sold her story to the News of The World for £23,000.
After being asked by Ivanov for information from him about when U.S. missiles would be arriving on West German soil, Keeler resigned in shame.
Profumo was a rising star in the Tory Party. He was close to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Profumo was a favourite visitor at Buckingham Palace. A war hero, Profumo was the handsome husband of Valerie Hobson. She is one of the greatest beauties of our time.
In an interview, Ms Keeler said that her other love interests included A-Team actor George Peppard and legendary womaniser Warren Beatty. Prisoner of Zenda’s star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. also claimed in an interview many years later that the Establishment was more concerned in portraying it as a scandal. They chose not to acknowledge whispered allegations of widespread spying.
Christine passed away at the age of 75 on December 17, 2017.