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
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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
