Those fateful events took place at Astors magnificent ancestral Thames-side stately home Cliveden in Buckinghamshire which he shared with his third wife Bronwen.

Lady astor in christine keeler. Like his Christine Keeler co-star Anton Lesser Michael Maloney has also played a Prime Minister in The Crown. William Waldorf Astor II 3rd Viscount Astor 13 August 1907 7 March 1966 was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician. It was at Clivedens swimming pool that the affair between Christine Keeler and then war secretary John.

LONDON May 2The Dowager Viscountess Astor the first woman to sit in the House of Commons died early today. Many years later Profumo would claim in discussion with his son David that he had met Keeler previously at a night club in London called Murrays and probably had a drink with her. In 1961 Profumo met Christine Keeler a London good-time girl or according to the newspapers a call girlat a house party at Cliveden.

Bronwen Astor in 1963. Hes recently appeared as Edward. Never-before-seen topless pictures emerge for sale of Christine Keeler the model whose affair with Secretary of State for War John Profumo helped bring down the Government in 1964.

He was also a member of the Astor family. Hulton Archive - Getty 7. William was the eldest son of Waldorf Astor and Nancy Witcher Langhorne by.

While at a party thrown by Lord and Lady Astor. The next steps include a renovation of Lady Astors boudoir and the library and plans to develop a spa around the swimming pool where Christine Keeler swam naked and first caught the eye of. The series was adapted by screenwriter Amanda Coe and stars Sophie Cookson James Norton Ellie Bamber Ben Miles Visar Vishka Emilia Fox Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Anthony.

Bronwen Astor briefly met Ward and Christine Keeler at the Cliveden swimming pool on the fateful weekend in July 1961 when Keeler caught the. Model caught up in 1960s infamous political scandal. She was regarded as one of the leading fashion models of the 1950s acting as muse to the Parisian couturier Pierre Balmain.