[concluding comment before closing credits] In 2017 the Criminal Cases Review Commission rejected an application by Stephen Ward's descendants to appeal against his conviction. Public access to all the files concerning Stephen Ward remain restricted until 2046.
[concluding comment before closing credits] John Profumo was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1975. He worked as a volunteer at Toynbee Hall for over thirty years. Neither John nor Valerie Profumo ever spoke publicly about Christine Keeler.
[concluding comment before closing credits] Mandy Rice-Davies moved to Israel and opened a number of successful nightclubs, before settling in the UK with her third husband. She described her life as 'one long descent into respectability'.
[concluding comment before closing credits] Christine Keeler died in 2017. She gave many interviews and wrote three versions of her autobiography. Towards the end of her life, she was reconciled with Jeremy Hutchinson's account of her as a vulnerable teenager subjected to domestic violence and grooming. She said she didn't want to be seen as a victim.