The family of Christine Keeler, a central figure in the Profumo scandal, is seeking justice more than six decades after she was convicted of perjury. Christine’s relatives are determined to clear her name posthumously, following her dying wish for her son, Seymour Platt, to reveal the truth about her life. In 1963, she was sentenced to nine months in prison for perjury in a case unrelated to the Profumo scandal, an act her family believes was a deliberate attempt to tarnish her reputation.
In May, Christine’s family submitted a comprehensive 300-page report urging for a royal pardon, which could exonerate her. Seymour expressed his hope that by 2026, they would be able to honor his mother’s plea and expose the injustice she faced, highlighting her wrongful imprisonment as a victim of a distorted narrative.
Renowned human rights lawyer Felicity Gerry KC echoed the sentiment, emphasizing the importance of recognizing Christine’s case as a miscarriage of justice that holds significance for all women. The family’s commitment to clearing Christine’s name stems from her entanglement in the scandal that brought down the Tory government, a notorious event dramatized in the popular BBC series “The Trial of Christine Keeler.”
Despite Christine passing away in 2017 at the age of 75, her family continues to advocate for her innocence, citing her ordeal at the hands of her stalker, Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon, and the pressure she faced during her trial. Efforts to overturn her conviction have been unsuccessful, with the recent rejection of an appeal to the Court of Appeal, which acknowledged the biased media coverage she endured.
With legal avenues exhausted, the family pins their hopes on a royal pardon, a rare recourse that can be pursued when all other options have been exhausted or when new evidence emerges. The possibility of a pardon rests on proving moral and technical innocence, a standard the family believes Christine meets, given the circumstances surrounding her perjury conviction.
