jourdain - // his is totally daft. Having been divorced and lived in France I am used to being addressed by my maiden name. Socially, I am addressed as Madam/Mrs................. (my husband's surname). I have no problem with this at all. I keep my bank accounts etc. in my maiden name, because that is what is normal in France. Even HMRC understands this. What is this woman's problem? I answer to both names, the postman happily delivers letters to both names and knows me - how on earth is Boris to know which she prefers and does it matter anyway? //
The whole point is that Boris does know her preferred name, and he deliberately pretended not to as a 'joke' which is actually just being deliberatly disrespectful.
Does her name matter? To her yes, it does.
Does disrespect in the House matter? To everyone, yes it does.