The Profumo affair was one of the defining political scandals of post-war Britain, damaging the credibility of the Conservative government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, and was seen as contributing to the erosion of public trust in ...

5th June 1963: John Profumo, the British Secretary of State for War, resigns following a political scandal caused by his extramarital affair

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5th June 1963: John Profumo, the British Secretary of State for War, resigns following a political scandal caused by his extramarital affair

5th June 1963: John Profumo, the British Secretary of State for War, resigns following a political scandal caused by his extramarital affair

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