Looks like using .htaccess rewrite is the best option.

    RewriteEngine on
    # Rewrite /profile/[anything] to /view-persons-profile/[anything] internally
    RewriteRule ^profile/(.*)$ /view-persons-profile/$1 [L,QSA]


    # Ensure that requests to /view-persons-profile/[anything] are only accessible via /profile/[anything]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s/view-persons-profile/[^\s]* [NC]
    RewriteRule ^view-persons-profile/(.*)$ /profile/$1 [R=301,L]