1912
19 October – Stephen Ward born
1915
30 January – John Profumo born
1926
11 January – Yevgeny ‘Eugene’ Ivanov born
1942
22 February – Christine Keeler born
1944
21 October – Marilyn Rice-Davies born
1958
Keeler’s son Peter is born prematurely but dies six days later
22 March – Keeler attains first modelling job, Tit-Bits photoshoot
April – Keeler leaves Wraysbury
January/February – Keeler has moved to Slough with her aunt, later she moves to St John’s Wood Park and then Swiss Cottage in London
Late spring/early summer – Keeler starts work at Soho’s Murray’s
Summer – Keeler meets Ward and moves into Orme Court (as friends)
1960
January – Keeler moves into Rachman’s Bryanston Mews house with Sherry Danton
27 March – Ivanov arrives in England
Keeler moves back to Orme court
At Murray’s, Keeler meets Rice-Davies
Keeler and Rice-Davies move into shared flat in Comeragh Road
4 November – Lucky Gordon, who is living in Denmark, is imprisoned for stabbing a girl, and will be deported back to UK
Keeler becomes Rachman’s mistress
1961
20 January – Coote invites Ivanov to Garrick Club where he meets Ward
January/February – Lord Astor gives Christine a cheque for £100 that she uses to pay the rent on the flat she shares with Rice-Davies
Rice-Davies becomes Rachman’s mistress
February – Keeler and Rice-Davies holiday in France together
Keeler and Rice-Davies move into Holland Park flat, but Keeler later leaves to move in with a boyfriend
March – Keeler, having broken up with her boyfriend, moves into 17 Wimpole Mews with Ward
Rice-Davies moves in with Peter Rachman
Ward asks Keeler to drop a package to Ivanov at the Russian Embassy, which she does
June – Keith Wagstaffe visits Wimpole Mews
8/9 July – The Profumos, Ward, Ivanov and Keeler all attend pool party at Cliveden
11 July – Keeler tells Rice-Davies that Ward is looking for details of atomic bomb delivery
12 July – Ward informs security services that Ivanov had asked him to find out when atomic weapons would be delivered to Western Germany on behalf of the Americans. Ivanov implies he will help Ward with a visa to Russia in return for information. Ward offers to send correct information to Russia via Ivanov so that Russia doesn’t make decisions based on false information.
2 August – Astor writes to Foreign Office (FO) about Ward and his friendship with Ivanov, also suggesting Ward could pass correct information to Russia via Ivanov
9 August – Sir Norman Brook warns Profumo about Ward, causing Profumo to write ‘Darling’ letter to cancel their plans
4 September – Gordon arrives in UK
18 September – Ward returns to FO to repeat his offer to act as information funnel to Russian, FO declines
October – Ward, Keeler and a friend head to El Rio café to buy cannabis, and Keeler meets Gordon
Having given Gordon her number, Keeler and Ward head out on a double date to a party with him and a woman for Ward. Keeler feels unwell and Ward takes her home, giving Gordon their address
Gordon regularly visits Wimpole Mews and harasses Keeler until she agrees to a date. When Keeler visits Gordon’s flat, he rapes and holds her hostage there for twenty-four hours, using a knife to threaten her
Keeler escapes and tells Ward, but he discourages her from reporting her assault
Gordon attacks Keeler in front of Ward outside Wimpole Mews
December – Ivanov reported to be putting out Soviet propaganda re: Germany
Keeler and Profumo’s affair ends
Rice-Davies and Keeler move into Dolphin Square, Pimlico
1962
January – Rice-Davies leaves Dolphin Square flat Keeler has an illegal abortion
21 February – Sir Godfrey Nicholson MP speaks to FO about Ivanov
28 February – Nicholson sends Ivanov a letter outlining government’s views on disarmament
6 March – Nicholson tells Foreign Secretary Ivanov is asking for British position on Berlin
8 March – Nicholson sets out British position on Berlin in a letter to Ivanov
13 March – Ivanov asks Nicholson about British position on Oder-Neisse line
14 March – Nicholson replies with a letter outlining government’s view on Oder-Neisse line
Ivanov takes leave and returns to Russia
March/April – Gordon attacks Keeler at Dolphin Square, and then rapes and holds her hostage with another girl for two days until Keeler escapes and the police are called
Gordon’s family convince Keeler to drop charges against Gordon, but Gordon continues to stalk Keeler, with Keeler eventually leaving Dolphin Square to return to Wimpole Mews. Gordon continues to harass Keeler at her new home
28 May – Ward reports a letter from Ivanov sending his regards to Nicholson and telling Ward he will see him in June
May – Keeler meets Michael Lambton, she moves into Kinnerton Street with him, and they get engaged
2 June – Ivanov returns to UK
5 July – Rice-Davies and Keeler head to the US via liner, Lambton pays for their passage
18 July – Rice-Davies and Keeler return to UK by plane, Keeler returns to Wimpole Mews
September – Keeler meets Paula Hamilton-Marshall and Johnny Edgecombe
Keeler moves to Sheffield Terrace with a friend and Edgecombe moves in
Keeler buys a gun to protect herself from Gordon, begins relationship with Edgecombe
September/October – Rice-Davies moves into Wimpole Mews with Ward
Early October – Gordon punches Keeler to the ground near Comeragh Road
20 October – Keeler and Edgecombe move to Bayswater Hotel
24 October – Ward tells FO that Ivanov believes the UK is the only hope for conciliation between Soviets and USA during Cuban Missile Crisis
25 October – Keeler asks Ward for her old room back
25 October – Nicholson tells FO Ivanov has visited hoping to hear Britain wants negotiations to proceed at summit
Ward gives FO same account
Lord Astor tells Lord Arran a Russian official wants to pass information to the British government
26 October – Ward telephones Lord Arran to ask if he and Ivanov can visit
27 October – Ward and Ivanov visit Lord Arran to pass on a message to the British government that Khruschev would accept a summit if Britain called one to break Cuba deadlock. Arran reported to FO and Admiralty House
27/28 October – Gordon chases Keeler, Edgecombe slashes Gordon’s face, Ward collects Keeler’s things from hotel, but Keeler decides to go to Brentford for four days with Edgecombe
28 October –Arran dines with Astor at Cliveden to find Ward and Ivanov there, Khruschev’s decision to removed Cuban missiles had become known
31 October – Keeler finishes relationship with Edgecombe and stays at Wimpole Mews for a few days
Ward introduces Keeler to Michael Eddowes, but Keeler is not attracted to him, so she declines any further dates
Dr Savundra rents the Wimpole Mews room for the purpose of taking girls there, Rice-Davies sleeps with him and he gives her £20
1 November – Keeler rents flat in Great Cumberland Place with Rosemary Wells
Rice-Davies moves into Wimpole Mews
7 November – Ward writes to Harold Wilson telling him that he had been the intermediary sending the message about the proposed summit with Khruschev
8 November – Gordon pleads guilty to insulting words and behaviour against police and is fined
29 November – Rachman dies, Rice-Davies is devastated and attempts suicide
14 December – Edgecombe shooting incident takes place
15 December – Edgecombe arrested, and newspapers show an interest in Keeler and Profumo
Keeler and Rice-Davies move to Great Cumberland Place, Lord Astor visits and Rice-Davies says they have sex
Keeler tells Eddowes about Profumo, Ivanov and the bomb
Police interview Keeler several times asking about Edgecombe and then Ward
Gordon turns up at Keeler’s mother’s home
23 December – Keeler and Paul Mann attend a party; there they meet John Lewis. Keeler tells Lewis about Profumo and Ward asking her about the bomb
1963
January – to put an end to harassment, Keeler agrees to meet Gordon at the Flamingo Club then again at the end of the month at his brother’s flat, hoping this will be the last time
16/17 January – Edgecombe’s committal proceedings, Keeler gives evidence
19 January – Gordon fined £5 for possessing an offensive weapon, Keeler pays the fine
22 January – Keeler meets Mandy, Nina Gadd and her fiancée, who is a
Sunday Pictorial journalist
23 January – Keeler agrees to sell the Pictorial her story, and hands over the ‘Darling’ letter
26 January – Chief Inspector Burrows serves notice on Keeler for Edgecombe trial; Keeler tells him about her relationship with Profumo
29 January – Tom Corbally tells US Embassy that the Daily Mirror has a story that will topple the government concerning Profumo, Ivanov and Keeler
29 January – Ivanov leaves Britain
End of January – Profumo says Astor has told him Keeler is to sell her story to the Sunday Pictorial, mentioning Ivanov
John Lewis tells George Wigg MP about Keeler and Profumo’s affair
1 February – A director of a Sunday newspaper visits Admiralty House to report that he knows the Profumo Affair story is being sold to papers and that it mentions Profumo and Ivanov
3 February – News of the World run ‘Model in shots case’ front page featuring Keeler
4 February – Ward’s flat is broken into, photos are stolen
5 February – Ward visits Marylebone police and makes a statement about break-in, and about Profumo and Keeler, saying it could bring down the government
8 February – Edgecombe trial adjourned, Keeler and Rice-Davies agree to do story with Pictorial
Keeler and Rice-Davies move into Edgware Road flat together Ward moves into Bryanston Mews
8 March – Westminster Confidential publishes allegations against
Profumo
Keeler is worried about appearing at Edgecombe trial and plans to escape abroad
Gordon breaks into her flat when she is there with Kim Proctor, their friend Paul Mann arrives, and they escape and flee to France
9 March – Keeler arrives in Spain
10 March – Wigg attends party with Harold Wilson and Barbara Castle, they discuss potential political scandal
13 March – Denning Report shows Profumo now aware of Westminster Confidential article
14/15 March – Edgecombe trial continues without Keeler; Edgecombe is acquitted of Gordon assault but convicted of firearm charges and sentenced to seven years
15 March – Daily Express run story of Edgecombe trial’s missing witness, Keeler
Spring Cottage burgled
17 March – the Sunday Pictorial run Ward’s story instead of Keeler’s, the News of the World run a piece on Keeler written by Peter Earle
21 March – Wigg, Barbara Castle and Crossman raise rumours in House of Commons, Castle refers to Keeler as a ‘call girl’
22 March – Profumo makes a personal statement to the House
23 March – Rice-Davies, accompanied by reporters, visits Keeler’s mother, Julie Payne, looking for Keeler, Eddowes visits Payne
24 March – Keeler’s parents visit Colnbrook police station, and Keeler’s earning potential from her story is discussed
24 March – News of the World says Keeler has sent a postcard to Pauline
Hamilton-Marshall from Spain. It identifies Ivanov as a friend of Keeler’s
25 March – Wigg appears on Panorama and says Ward and Ivanov are security risks
26 March – Ward complains to Wigg about inaccuracies in his TV appearance, and that he has lost out on possible earnings by suppressing the story while others profit from it, Wigg reports to Harold Wilson, who in turn brings it to Harold Macmillan
27 March – Home Secretary Henry Brooke meets with Met Chief Sir Joseph Simpson and Roger Hollis, Head of MI5, to discuss Ward
28 March – Keeler and Proctor return from Spain and are interviewed by police
Keeler moves into Devonshire Street with Hamilton-Marshall and her brother John
29 March – Eddowes tells Special Branch Keeler told him Ivanov asked her to find out from Profumo when nuclear warheads would be delivered to West Germany
1 April – Keeler appears at Old Bailey for failure to attend Edgecombe trial, onlookers and press gather outside, Gordon is there and assaults her
1 April – Met police begin to investigate Ward
4/5 April – Police interview Keeler about Ward
7 April – News of the World publish story about Keeler
12 April – Gordon assaults John Hamilton-Marshall at Devonshire Street
17 April – Ward stands surety for Gordon
John Hamilton-Marshall and Keeler have a physical fight, Keeler suffers a cut above her eye.
John leaves, then Rudolph Truello Fenton and Clarence Camacchio arrive
18 April – in the early hours, Keeler, Fenton and Camacchio head out of flat to go dancing and are accosted by Gordon who attacks Keeler, Paula Hamilton-Marshall calls the police
As requested by the men, Keeler’s witness statement of the events excludes Fenton and Camacchio
18 April – Keeler moves to Notting Hill
19 April – Gordon arrested for assault on Keeler and interviewed by police about Ward
23 April – Rice-Davies arrested at Heathrow for driving licence fraud, spends nine days in Holloway
May – Rice-Davies appears in court, leaves for Majorca but is re-arrested when she returns for TV theft charge
26 April – Gordon committal
7 May – Ward complains to PM’s Private Secretary that police enquiries are damaging his reputation and that the Keeler/Profumo relationship amounts to more than has been admitted
May – Keeler poses for iconic Lewis Morley photos
20 May – Ward complains to Home Secretary Henry Brooke, Wilson and Sir Wavell Wakefield about the police enquiries and says he no longer feels he should keep quiet about Profumo lying to the House
Keeler sees Ward at Bryanston Mews for probably last time
21 May – Ward gives press statement, but no papers run his story
25 May – Wigg raises national security in House of Commons
27 May – Edgecombe’s appeal dismissed
27 May – Robin Drury tapes interview with Keeler and she mentions Fenton and Comacchio
4 June – Profumo resigns
5 June – Gordon trial for Keeler assault begins, after first day Gordon decides to self-represent
7 June – Gordon is convicted of ABH, sentenced to three years
Drury asks for £15k to turn tapes into a book, Keeler refuses so tapes are burnt but Drury keeps a copy and later asks for £10k to not give the tapes to the police
8 June – Ward arrested for living off immoral earnings
9 June – Sunday Mirror publishes ‘Darling’ letter
News of the World runs ‘Confessions of Christine’ story, and continues it on 16 and 23 June
11 June – Gordon gives notice of appeal
Eddowes tells press Ivanov asked Keeler for information
14 June – Rice-Davies interviewed by police, during which she mentions sex parties including infamous ‘man in mask’ event
17 June – Parliament debates security
24 June – Lord Denning opens his Inquiry
28 June – Ward committal proceedings
3 July – Ward given bail
6/7 July – John Hamilton-Marshall tells police he was responsible for Keeler’s injuries
Drury gives his tapes to police
7 July – The People discover Camacchio
July – Denning interviews Keeler, who has become convinced Ward is a spy
16 July – Police interview Camacchio
18 July – Police interview Fenton
22 July – Ward trial begins
30 July – Gordon appeal is upheld
30 July – Ward takes an overdose after summing up at his case
31 July – Ward remains in coma in hospital, but trial continues, and he is found guilty
3 August – Ward dies
6 September – Keeler, Paula Hamilton-Marshall and Olive Booker are arrested and charged with perjury
Keeler buys Linhope Street house
25 September – Denning Report released
2/3 October – Perjury case committal proceedings
18 October – Macmillan resigns
6 December – Keeler pleads guilty to perjury as advised, sentenced to nine months in Holloway
1964
8 June – After serving six months, Keeler released, returns to Linhope Street
1966
Astor dies
1993
Prime Minister John Major decides to keep secret documents related to Denning Report confidential until 2048
Keeler travels to Russia to meet Ivanov as he promotes his memoir
17 January – Ivanov dies
2006
9 March – Profumo dies
2010
26 September – Edgecombe dies
2014
18 December – Rice-Davies dies
2017
15 March – Gordon dies
4 December – Keeler dies