She was the original Spad, though that title goes nowhere near capturing the truly awesome singular power exercised by Williams over Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
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Baroness Falkender, then known as Marcia Williams, exhibited increasingly erratic behaviour, amd was known to be a heavy user of the chemical stimulant, Drinamyl, also known as purple hearts