Marcia Williams: The Life and Times of Baroness Falkender

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Marcia Williams: The Life and Times of Baroness Falkender

Marcia Williams: The Life and Times of Baroness Falkender

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Her brief marriage had ended in divorce in 1961 and, although she and Harold were together all day and every day, he had his wife Mary and their two sons to go home to — a compartmentalised family life of which Marcia was no part. Early in her time in Downing Street, she had begun an affair with a co-worker, John Schofield Allen. Joe Haines describes him as the most unlikely of lovers: ‘sweaty, overweight and married’. Laurence Fox tells libel trial he has been financially 'destroyed' by 'hurtful' racism allegations that have left him without acting work Maybe it was not surprising, then, that as the chorus of disapproval from civil servants and colleagues grew, and the overwhelming need to keep her private life a secret became a virtual obsession, she began a terrifying descent into the drug dependency which would dominate her life for years to come. Hamilton musical ends in violence: Police launch probe after brawl breaks out at show leaving audience members injured

Paradoxically, damage to his reputation came about because of his undying loyalty to his private and personal secretary. The index of The Winner lists 68 references to Marcia Williams, Lady Falkender, twice as many as any cabinet minister. I do not know or wish to discover the nature of the Wilson-Williams relationship, though if pressed I would guess that it was not what the prurient press hoped it to be. Yet for some reason she was allowed to behave in a way that did Wilson great damage. The final blow was the “lavender list” – Wilson’s nominees for dissolution honours. It was written on Lady Falkender’s notepaper, and included names of men Wilson barely knew. Somehow it found its way into the newspapers. Prince William was 'furious' when his godmother Lady Susan Hussey became embroiled in a race row, Omid Scobie claims in new book Gossip began to spread around Westminster when a journalist arrived one evening to see the prime minister and noticed Walter Terry’s car parked in the street outside with someone inside.The Prime Minister had then offered to time his resignation announcement with the news that Princess Margaret’s 16-year marriage had ended, hoping to draw most of the resulting unwelcome publicity." Prince William breaks cover as he arrives at the Tusk Conservation Awards - amid Omid Scobie's claims he rejected opportunities to meet Prince Harry



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