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"Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy."

Christine Keeler, English Model

Discretion, Hypocrisy, Word

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"Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy."

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"Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy."

Christine Keeler, English Model

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"It's been a misery for me, living with Christine Keeler."

"I enjoyed sex and indulged in it when I fancied the men."

"The fathers, if they got me alone, would try to kiss and fondle me. I hated it."

"Even a criminal has the right to a new life, but they made sure I did not have that. They just didn't stop calling me a prostitute for ever and ever and ever and ever."

"I have always been free with my love - it is my nature. I am easily captivated by men and they have always been attracted to me."

"My mother used to go out on her own, and I used to have to keep a look out for my stepfather coming home."

"He's 85 and he's met another woman. Still, at 85, why ever not?"

"However I dress it up, I was a spy and I am not proud of it."

"I'm terrified of men these days. If someone asked me out now, I don't know what I'd say, how I'd react. But I couldn't go through with it, not at all. I suppose I've been terrified of them all along."

"If I don't tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong."

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