It has been revealed that the name of Prince Philip, the husband of the Queen of Great Britain II and the Duke of Enbury, has been included in the documents related to the British sex scandal by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
A secret FBI memo indicated that he may have been involved in the “Profomo Affair,” which added a new dimension to the infamous British sex scandal of the 1960s.
The Profumo affair rocked the British government when it came to light that Secretary of War John Profumo had an extramarital affair with model Christine Keller, who was also having an affair with a Russian military attache, Evgeny Ivanov. Was in a relationship.
Christine Keller was introduced to Ivanov by osteopath Stephen Ward, whose links to the British royal family, including Prince Philip, have long been the subject of public speculation.
Now newly discovered documents show that an American associate of Ward’s had implicated the late Duke of Edinburgh in the scandal.
The shortest marriage in history, the couple divorced in just three minutes
According to an FBI memo, Thomas Corbally informed FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover that Prince Philip was related to Christine Keller and fellow model Mindy Rhys Davis through a ward, a claim that was significant during the Cold War.
Corbally’s allegations were documented in a June 20, 1963 cable between Hoover and the U.S. Embassy in London, according to the Daily Mail, “Corbally also stated that there was a rumor that Prince Philip was involved in an affair with the two girls.” can’.
The Netflix series “The Crown” has dramatized Prince Philip’s possible involvement in the Profumo affair.
The show features Soviet spy Anthony Blunt allegedly trying to blackmail Prince Philip to prevent his spy ring from being blown up.
The document also suggests that the “mystery man” in photos of Ward’s parties could be Philip.
Although Ward and Prince Philip were known to have attended the same parties, Ward even painted portraits of Philip at Buckingham Palace.
A woman who eats pork after reciting Bismillah is severely punished in a Muslim country
Corbally himself expressed skepticism about the allegations against Ward, telling the FBI that he did not believe the allegations.
Despite Ward’s central role in the scandal, neither British nor American intelligence could confirm that Ivanov was involved in espionage.