Prince Philip has been named in a pile of FBI files involving his role in the Profumo sex affair scandal involving Christine Keeler.The scandal rocked the British establishment in the 1960s when married Secretary of State for War John Profumo denied he had a sexual affair with teenage showgirl, Christine Keeler.
The affair is said to have taken place in the House of Commons. He was forced to resign after proof of his affair emerged. The scandal became a matter of national security because Christine had also been sleeping with a Russian spy at the height of the Cold War.There had long been speculation about the Duke's relationship with the affair.
Newly released US Department of Justice files show that the FBI was alerted to Prince Philip being personally "involved" with Christine Keeler and her friend, Mandy Rice-Davies.The files in question are a crucial memo written by then-director of the FBI, J Edgar Hoover, the Mail on Sunday reports.
The claim against the Duke of Edinburgh comes from a US businessman involved in industrial espionage named Thomas Corbally. He agreed to be interviewed by the FBI about his friendship with well-connected osteopath Stephen Ward, who took his own life after being prosecuted for living off the immoral earnings of the two women.As reported in the Mirror, the memo, sent to the US embassy in London on June 20, 1963, reads: "Corbally also stated there was a rumour Prince Philip may have been involved with these two girls."The Profumo affair is one of the most high-profile scandals to have swept through British society in the 20th century.
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