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Marilyn Foreman (21 October 1944 – 18 December 2014), better known as Mandy Rice-Davies, was a Welsh model and showgirl best known for her association with Christine Keeler and her role in the Profumo affair, which discredited the Conservative government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963.
This became immortalized as "Mandy Rice-Davies applies" or MRDA. It's used to point out that the subject of an accusation has essentially no credibility (what we here on Wikipedia would call "is not a reliable source" ) when denying the accusation, because it's obviously in their own interests to deny it regardless of whether that denial is true.
"Well he would, wouldn't he?", [n 1] occasionally referenced as Mandy Rice-Davies Applies (shortened to MRDA), is a British political phrase and aphorism that is commonly used as a retort to a self-interested denial. The Welsh model Mandy Rice-Davies used the phrase while giving evidence during the 1963 trial of the English osteopath Stephen Ward.
"Well he would, wouldn't he?" is an aphorism that is commonly used as a retort to a self-interested denial. It was said by the model Mandy Rice-Davies (pictured) while giving evidence at the 1963 trial of Stephen Ward, who had been accused of living off money paid to Rice-Davies and her friend Christine Keeler for sex: part of the larger Profumo affair.
Neran Persaud as Emil Savundra, a notorious swindler treated by Ward and who met Keeler and Rice-Davies. Amanda Drew as Julie Ellen Payne, Keeler's mother. Tim McInnerny as Martin Redmayne MP, the Chief Whip of the ruling Conservative Party. Michael Maloney as Viscount Astor, with whom Rice-Davies claimed in court to have had sexual intercourse.
The Christine Keeler Story (1963) as Mandy Rice-Davies; I maniaci (1964) as Rosetta; The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars (1964) as Frida; What Ever Happened to Baby Toto (1964) as Inga; I due evasi di Sing Sing (1964) as Ruth Allenby; I ragazzi dell'hully-gully (1964) The Dolls (1965) as Armenia (segment: La telefonata)
She has written two radio plays, The Confessions (2009) and Against the Grain (2010), both broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Her most recent play was a Radio 4 docu-drama to mark the 50th anniversary of the Profumo Scandal, entitled Well, He Would, Wouldn't He (2013), and featuring Mandy Rice-Davies. She has also written musical theatre pieces.
Mandy Rice-Davies, after whom the original essay and this counter-essay are named, in November 1964 at Schiphol Airport railway station, Netherlands. The Wikipedia essay WP:Mandy Rice-Davies applies, abbreviated as MANDY, argues that when Wikipedia articles about living public figures mention an accusation of bad behavior, Wikipedia does not necessarily need to include their denial.