Ellie Bamber practised Mandy Rice-Davies' iconic line 'well he would, wouldn't he' with her friends for new BBC drama on the Profumo scandal. Mandy Rice Davies, 21, a prominent figure in the Profumo sex and politics scandal that rocked Britain in 1963, leaves the Marylebone Register Office in London on Sept. 17, 1966, following her marriage to 26 year old Rafael Shaul, an Israeli airline steward. Les preuves du contraire sont très vite rendues publiques. Pour Richard Davis, «c’est là le faux pas : il a menti au Parlement, ce qui est impardonnable.» Lors d’un séjour à Venise avec sa femme, John Profumo avoue sa faute. Mandy was a cabaret performer at that time.
De retour à Londres, il présente sa démission et quitte le monde politique au mois de juin. 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.