To me, the much-repeated claim that the task of keeping Carrie placated influences our Prime Minister's decisions seems unbelievable.
Can this really be true? Is the most powerful man in the country, Boris, the original alpha male, so nervous about his fiancee throwing a wobbly that he makes not only domestic but professional choices based on swerving the pots and pans she might chuck his way?
His appointment of Allegra Stratton as the face and voice of Downing Street communications was reported to come down to his fear that Carrie would be cross if she didn't win the gig.
When the investigation into the identity of the 'Chatty Rat' threw up the name of special adviser Henry Newman, Boris apparently said it would cause him problems if true because Newman was Carrie's friend.