The British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War" id="mwAQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Secretary of State for War">Secretary of State for War</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Profumo" id="mwAQU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Profumo">John Profumo</a>, resigns in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_scandal" id="mwAQY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sex scandal">sex scandal</a> known as the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profumo_affair" id="mwAQc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Profumo affair">Profumo affair</a>".