The origin of the name "Lavender List" derived from the claim made by former press secretary and journalist Joe Haines that the head of Wilson's political office, Lady Falkender, had written the original draft on lavender-coloured notepaper.
In a promotional stunt, for the record—typical of the band's manager Tony Secunda—a postcard was released with a cartoon of a naked Harold Wilson, linking him to his secretary Marcia Williams.
Marcia Cross | Marcia | Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy | Marcia Griffiths | Joan of Brittany, Baroness of Drayton | Marcia Hines | Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender | Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings | Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill | Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts | Margaret de Multon, 2nd Baroness Multon of Gilsland | Marcia Muller | Marcia Bell | Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton | Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne | Baroness Thatcher's death | Albertine, baroness Staël von Holstein | Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma | Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston | Marcia Brown | Marcia A. Karrow | Marcia A. Invernizzi | Lettice Digby, 1st Baroness Offaly | Helen Newlove, Baroness Newlove | Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote | Elizabeth Berridge, Baroness Berridge | Carla Thorneycroft, Baroness Thorneycroft | Baroness Tonge | Baroness Campbell of Surbiton | Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn |
In 1967, Wilson sued the pop group The Move for libel after the band's manager Tony Secunda published a promotional postcard for the single "Flowers in the Rain".