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

1959

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