Mandy Rice-Davies dies

Mandy Rice-Davies, a key figure in the 1963 Profumo affair, has died after a short battle with cancer, a spokesman for publicist Hackford Jones said today.

Mandy Rice-Davies – one of the women at the centre of the Profumo affair which rocked Harold Macmillan's government in the UK in the 1960s – has died aged 70.

A spokesman for the Hackford Jones PR agency said: “It is with deep sadness that the family of Marilyn Foreman, also known as Mandy Rice-Davies, have confirmed that she passed away yesterday evening after a short battle with cancer.

“They have asked for their privacy to be respected and no further comment will be made.”