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Not everyone will get to be remembered for making such such a dismissive and pithy put down in the Old Bailey...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30547066

In reply to Rob Exile Ward:

She also allegedly thought the first to fly the Atlantic was Lucky Gordon - but nowadays that joke would be considered as not politically correct.

In reply to Lord of Starkness:

Lost on me I'm afraid!

In reply to Rob Exile Ward:

She got the true aviators mixed up with a former boyfriend of her'business associate' Christine Keeler, but said it sounded like a good description.

In reply to Rob Exile Ward:

My recollection of those events was that one of the few people who (eventually) acted with any integrity was Profumo himself.

He knew he had lied to Parliament and did the decent thing and left politics, never to return, and devoted the rest of his life to charitable work.

If only we still had politicians of that calibre.

In reply to mypyrex:

I think you've got that a bit twisted.

In reply to Rob Exile Ward:

Cue Apache and THAT Scandal clip....

In reply to Rob Exile Ward:

One of the great quotes of late twentieth century britain, because of all it implied about "the system".
She was nobody's fool; a very bright woman. Heard her interviewed a couple of years ago. Her comment on the quote;"I was angry, really angry, because I knew he was lying". All power to her....