Editing John Profumo (section)

== Later life ==
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Shortly after his resignation, Profumo was invited to work at [[Toynbee Hall]] as a volunteer by [[Walter Birmingham]], who was a warden there. Toynbee Hall is a charity based in the [[East End of London]], and Profumo continued to work there for the rest of his life, becoming Toynbee Hall's chief fundraiser, and using his political skills and contacts to raise large sums of money. All this work was done as a volunteer, since Profumo was able to live on his inherited wealth.

His wife, the actress [[Valerie Hobson]], also devoted herself to charity until her death in 1998.

In the eyes of some, Profumo's charity work redeemed his reputation. His friend, social reform campaigner [[Lord Longford]], said he "felt more admiration [for Profumo] than [for] all the men I've known in my lifetime".<ref name="BBCObit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: John Profumo|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=10 March 2006|access-date=16 December 2013|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1158516.stm|archive-date=8 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108134737/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1158516.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Profumo was appointed a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE, Civil Division) in the [[1975 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46593|date=6 June 1975|pages=7377 |supp=y}}</ref> and received the honour at a [[Buckingham Palace]] ceremony from Queen [[Elizabeth II]], signalling his return to respectability. In 1995, former Conservative Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] invited him to her 70th birthday dinner, where he sat next to the Queen. He appeared only occasionally in public, particularly in his last years when he used a wheelchair. His last appearance was at the memorial service for [[Sir Edward Heath]] on 8 November 2005.