Mandy Rice Davis RIP

wanderer · Post by **wanderer** » Fri 19 Dec 2014 1:16 pm

Profumo Affair's Mandy Rice-Davies dies at the age of 70
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Mandy Rice-Davies was a witness at the pivotal trial of Steven Ward
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Former model Mandy Rice-Davies, one of the main figures in the 1960s Profumo affair, has died from cancer at the age of 70, her publicist has said.

She - along with her friend Christine Keeler - was at the centre of the scandal which threatened to bring down Harold Macmillan's government.

Rice-Davies lived with Keeler, whose affair with war minister John Profumo prompted his resignation in 1963.

However, she never met the politician herself.

Keeler was also said to be having a relationship with Soviet defence attache Yevgeny Ivanov, although Profumo denied having an affair with her in the House of Commons.

Mandy Rice-Davies
Mandy Rice-Davies published a book about the Profumo affair, called The Mandy Report
Rice-Davies testified at the high-profile trial of Stephen Ward, an osteopath who was charged with living off the immoral earnings of her and Keeler, which exposed a web of intrigue involving the upper echelons of society.

Ward took an overdose the night before a guilty verdict was returned, and died days later.

She became notorious for claiming to have had an affair with Lord Astor and for dismissing his denial when in the witness box during the trial at the Old Bailey.

'Misconception'
When told he had denied the affair, she famously retorted: "Well he would, wouldn't he?"

The quote was later added to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

After the scandal died down, Rice-Davies continued to live the high life and later flatly denied that she had lied about her involvement with Lord Astor.

"Me? Excuse me? What was Bill [Lord Astor] doing? I didn't seduce Bill. I didn't even flutter an eyelash at him. I wasn't a temptress. He seduced me. In those days women did not leap upon men."

sophie · Post by **sophie** » Fri 19 Dec 2014 2:57 pm

I always thought she was just great. The other sentence that was bandied about at the time, but not remembered half as well was Macmillan saying "there is no way that I'm allowing the Government to be brought down by a couple of tarts"

fatouche · Post by **fatouche** » Fri 19 Dec 2014 5:22 pm

Well he would say that, wouldn't he?

Owl Lady · Post by **Owl Lady** » Fri 19 Dec 2014 8:48 pm

What kind Sophie apple or jam?? (tarts) Giving our ages away when we can remember this case!!

Joe Soap · Post by **Joe Soap** » Sat 20 Dec 2014 7:50 am

Not quite sure of the jam, but I believe they were kept in the cabinet

gates · Post by **gates** » Sat 20 Dec 2014 2:15 pm

the old joke why has she got a fluffy frill round the bottom of here baby doll top to keep her neck warm comes to mind