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      • Lord Donoughue told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he also knew about the affair. There were persistent rumours that Mr Wilson, who was married, had an affair with his political secretary, Marcia Williams, later Baroness Falkender. He repeatedly denied the claims.
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      Harold Wilson had affair while in No 10, advisers reveal - BBC

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    Apr 11, 2024 · Lord Donoughue said the then-prime minister had cryptically confessed the affair to him during a walk around Number 10 towards the end of his premiership. He told the BBC: “He, in a very Wilsonian way, because he wasn’t a very direct person, he said he was very pleased I was a friend of Janet.

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    Apr 11, 2024 · Lord Wilson's long-serving press secretary Joe Haines told the newspaper that the PM had actually been in a relationship with deputy press secretary Janet Hewlett-Davies. Now 96 years old, Mr Haines broke almost 50 years of silence to reveal that both parties had told him about their affair.