¡ÆWe all go through ups and É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ës. I ²ù¤¤¤ë the É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë that I¡Çm in at the moment¡Ç: Farage ¼ýÍƤ¹¤ë¡¿Ç§¤á¤ës his marriage is ¶ì¤·¤àing ¡Æpersonal difficulties¡Ç during his LBC ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë show

  • MEP, 52, told listeners on his LBC show that he '²ù¤¤¤ës' the 'personal?difficulties'
  • It is the first time he has spoken ¸øÁ³¤È about the ʬÎö¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë from his wife Kirsten?
  • Mrs Farage, 50, whom he married in 1999, said the pair separated 'a while ago'
  • Former Ukip leader is staying at ¡ò4m Chelsea house with Laure Ferrari, 37
  • À¯¼£²È¡¤À¯¼£²° ³Îǧ¤¹¤ëd Ms Ferrari was staying with him but ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd having »ö·ï¡¿»ö¾ð¡¿¾õÀª??

Nigel Farage has ¸øÁ³¤È spoken for the first time about his marriage ´íµ¡, Àâ he '²ù¤¤¤ës' the ¾õ¶·¡¿¾ðÀª and that 'we all go through ups and É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ës.'

The MEP, who has ʬÎö¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë from his wife Kirsten and is now living with a À¯¼£²È¡¤À¯¼£²° 15 years his junior, ǧ¤á¤ë he was going through 'a few personal difficulties' with his 'marriage, family and ´Ø·¸s'.

Speaking on his LBC show last night, the 52-year-old said:?¡ÆSome of you will have seen °µÎϡʤò¤«¤±¤ë¡Ë ¥Ë¥å¡¼¥¹ÊóÆ» over the last few days - and no µ¿Ìä there¡Çll be more of it - about a few personal difficulties that I¡Çve had with my marriage and my family and my ´Ø·¸s.

¡ÆAnd I would just say this - all of us in our lives go through ups and É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ës and I ²ù¤¤¤ë the É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë that I¡Çm in at the moment.'?

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Nigel Farage has publicly spoken for the first time about his marriage crisis, telling LBC listeners (pictured) that he 'regrets' the situation and that 'we all go through ups and downs'

Nigel Farage has ¸øÁ³¤È spoken for the first time about his marriage ´íµ¡, telling LBC listeners (pictured) that he '²ù¤¤¤ës' the ¾õ¶·¡¿¾ðÀª and that 'we all go through ups and É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ës'

The MEP (pictured on the LBC show), who has split from his wife Kirsten and is now living with a politician 15 years his junior, admitted he was going through 'a few personal difficulties' with his 'marriage, family and relationships'
Mr Farage was referring to his split from his wife Kirsten

The MEP, who has ʬÎö¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë from his wife Kirsten and is now living with a À¯¼£²È¡¤À¯¼£²° 15 years his junior, ǧ¤á¤ë he was going through 'a few personal difficulties'

German-born Kirsten Farage?³Îǧ¤¹¤ëd yesterday that she and her husband, who married in 1999 after his Î¥º§ from his first wife, had been l iving 'separate lives' for years.

The 50-year-old, who no longer wears a wedding ¡ÊÈȺá¤Î¡Ë°ìÌ£, said he moved out of their family home in Kent - where they brought up their two children - 'a while ago' and 'this is a ¾õ¶·¡¿¾ðÀª that ¹µÁÊs everyone'.???

The former Ukip?leader is now ³ôing a Chelsea mansion with attractive?French À¯¼£²È¡¤À¯¼£²° Laure Ferrari, 37.

Mrs Farage told PA: 'My husband and I have lived separate lives for some years and he moved out of the family home a while ago'.

She Äɲ乤ëd: 'This is a ¾õ¶·¡¿¾ðÀª that ¹µÁÊs everyone and is not news to any of the people ȼ¤¦¡¿´Ø¤ï¤ëd.'?

Mr Farage is ¸½ºß¡¿°ìÈÌ¤Ë living in a grand Georgian house in west London and former Strasbourg waitress Ms Ferrari - who is at centre of a Ä´ºº¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë into °ãË¡¤Ê ´ð¶âing of his party - has moved in too.?

Nigel Farage leaves his home in London today, which he is sharing his London house with a French woman politician
Mrs Farage leaves her home today

All over: Mr Farage's wife Kirsten (both pictured yesterday) said she and her husband have been living 'separate lives' for years

Laure Ferrari (pictured), who is 15 years younger than the married Brexit campaigner, has moved in with Mr Farage at a West London property

Laure Ferrari (pictured), who is 15 years younger than the married Brexit Áªµó±¿Æ°¼Ô, has moved in with Mr Farage at a West London ½êͭʪ¡¿»ñ»º¡¿ºâ»º

The former Ukip leader ³Îǧ¤¹¤ëd Ms Ferrari was living at his home but ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd they were having an »ö·ï¡¿»ö¾ð¡¿¾õÀª, calling the idea 'crackers'.??

He told The Mail on Sunday this ½µËö that he 'knew her °æ¸Í¡¿ÊÛ¸î»ÎÀÊ' but was just helping her out with somewhere to stay.?

He µñÀ䤹¤ë¡¿Äã²¼¤¹¤ëd to make any ÊÖÅú to his wife's comments.?

Yesterday Mr Farage was pictured getting out of his car wearing a dark green tweed jacket and a chequered shirt and ´Ê·é¤Ë talking to reporters.?

The incident came after wife Kirsten confirmed they had been living 'separate lives' for years as it was revealed he is sharing a Chelsea mansion with an attractive French politician 15 years his junior

Mr Farage was on the ¡ÊÁªµó¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë±¿Æ°¤ò¤¹¤ë ÄÉÀפ¹¤ë in Stoke supporting Paul Nuttall's by-eleciton ´ë¤Æ¡¤ÅØÎÏ¡¤Äó°Æ when they were pelted by a ¹³µÄ¤¹¤ë¿Í

UKIP leader Paul Nuttall (right) and former Leader Nigel Farage MEP dodge an egg thrown by a youth as they arrive in Stoke-On-Trent for a public meeting

Ukip leader Paul Nuttall (¸¢Íø) and Mr Farage MEP dodge an egg thrown by a ÀÄǯ as they arrive in Stoke-On-Trent for a public ²ñ¹ç

Hours later, he was pelted with eggs by a ¹³µÄ¤¹¤ë¿Í while he was on the ¡ÊÁªµó¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë±¿Æ°¤ò¤¹¤ë ÄÉÀפ¹¤ë for Ukip leader Paul Nuttall in Stoke.

°ìÊý¡¿¹ç´Ö, last week in Chelsea, Ms Ferrari was photographed outside Mr Farage's home - dressed in tracksuit Äì¡Ê¤ËÆϤ¯¡Ës and putting out the Ãù¢½ês - ¤ÎľÁ°¤Ë Mr Farage left in his chauffeur-driven Land?Rover.?

¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari and Mr Farage first met a £±£°Ç¯´Ö ago when she was a waitress and he got her a ¿¦¶È in the European µÄ²ñ.

She is now the Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ë of a think-Àï¼Ö¡¿¥¿¥ó¥¯ ¡Ê·º»ö¡ËÈï¹ð of breaking »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ës by ¥³¡¼¥¹¤òÊѤ¨¤ëing public money to Ukip when Mr Farage was its leader.?

German-born Kirsten's announcement came as it was revealed that Mr Farage is living in a grand Georgian house in west London (pictured leaving today) and Laure Ferrari has moved in too

Mr Farage is living in a grand Georgian house in west London (pictured yesterday) and Ms Ferrari has moved in too

A solemn-looking Kirsten Farage walked out onto the driveway from the couple's Kent home
A solemn-looking Kirsten Farage walked out onto the driveway f
rom the couple's Kent home

A solemn looking Mrs Farage today walked out ¤Î¾å¤Ë the driveway from the couple's Kent home

Stony-faced Kirsten, 50, pictured today, walked onto the driveway before getting into a car and driving off

The 50-year-old, pictured yesterday, walked ¤Î¾å¤Ë the driveway before getting into a car and ±¿Æ°ing off

Ukip is under Ä´ºº by the Áªµó¡Ê¿Í¡Ë¤Î ¡ÊÇäÇã¡Ë¼ê¿ôÎÁ¡¤°ÑÂ÷¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿°Ñ°÷²ñ¡¿¸¢¸Â ´Æ»ë¼Ô for ¶²¤é¤¯ taking a total of ¡ò400,000 in dodgy ´óÉÕs from the think-Àï¼Ö¡¿¥¿¥ó¥¯ and an (v)Äó·È¤µ¤»¤ë(n)»ÙÉô¡¤²ÃÆþ¼Ôd political ƱÌÁ, ahead of the General Áªµó and the EU ¹ṉ̃Åêɼ.

Mr Farage said he was giving ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari 'short-¾Î¤¹¤ë¡¤¸Æ¤Ö¡¿´ü´Ö¡¿ÍѸì help' with her accommodation because she had nowhere else to go and needed money.

THE (SEVERAL) WOMEN IN NIGEL FARAGE'S LIFE ?

Claire Hayes: Mr Farage's first wife was a nurse who cared for him when he was ¹¶·â¤¹¤ë¡¤¾×Æͤ¹¤ë by a car in 1985. The couple had two sons before their Î¥º§ in 1997

Kirsten Farage: The À¯¼£²È¡¤À¯¼£²°'s second wife is a German interpreter whom he met on a ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö trip in Frankfurt in 1996. They have two daughters together but are said to have lived separate lives for many years.

Liga Howells: Latvian TV reporter ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëd in 1006 that she and Mr Farage had sex seven times. He later ǧ¤á¤ë they had an »ö·ï¡¿»ö¾ð¡¿¾õÀª.

Annabelle Fuller: The former Ukip °µÎϡʤò¤«¤±¤ë¡Ë officer was ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d to be Mr Farage's mistress in 2014.

Laure Ferrari: Ms Ferrari, who he met ten years ago in Strasbourg, is ¸½ºß¡¿°ìÈÌ¤Ë living with Mr Farage in west London but he ÈÝÄꤹ¤ës an »ö·ï¡¿»ö¾ð¡¿¾õÀª. ?

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Asked if he had slept with her, he said: 'I'm not answering ludicrous questions, like have you ever held her ¼êÅϤ¹, ever had dinner with her.

'She is someone I have worked with and known °æ¸Í¡¿ÊÛ¸î»ÎÀÊ for a long time who ¼êÇÛÃæ¤Î¡¤¤ª¿Ò¤Í¼Ô somewhere to stay for a week that wouldn't cost her any money. It's a working ´Ø·¸. You can inflate it however you want to.'

Last month ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari was also by Mr Farage's Ì£Êý¤¹¤ë at a glitzy Washington DC party to celebrate the Áªµó of his new friend, US ÂçÅýÎÎ Donald Trump.

She runs the Eurosceptic think-Àï¼Ö¡¿¥¿¥ó¥¯ the ³Ø¹»¡¿Àߤ±¤ë for Direct Ëͼç¼çµÁ in Europe (IDDE).

That, and a ´Ø·¸¤Î¤¢¤ë political ÇÛ¹ç known as the ƱÌÁ for Direct Ëͼç¼çµÁ in Europe (ADDE), have received more than ¡ò1 million a year from the EU.

But they have already been ordered to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶⠻ٱ礹¤ë hundreds of thousands of ³¤±¤¶¤Þ¤ËÌԷ⤹¤ës by the European µÄ²ñ, while Ukip ľÌ̤¹¤ës a ȳ¶â of up to ¡ò20,000 if it is ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë to have broken British Áªµó ˡΧ.

Mr Farage told the Mail On Sunday that he 'ÀäÂÐ ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd' ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës of °­»ö¤òƯ¤¯¤³¤È ´Ø¿´ing any ºâÀ¯¾å¤Î link, Äɲ乤ëing: 'We are fighting it very hard.'

¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari said she had been ·³Ââd to move out of her own flat after the European µÄ²ñ stopped the IDDE's ´ð¶âing and said: 'I have no ¿®Íê¤Ç¤­¤ë friends in London who could have hosted me. I asked and he ¼õÂ÷¤¹¤ëd. He is just trying to be helpful.'?

She, too, ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd any »ö·ï¡¿»ö¾ð¡¿¾õÀª, Àâ: 'You are putting two and two together, but it is not as simple as that. I cannot stop people from fantasising. I am not pleased to be in this ¾õ¶·¡¿¾ðÀª and I am so sorry it is bringing awful things on Nigel's life and on my life.'?

Mr Farage, wearing a green tweed jacket and chequered shirt, speaking to reporters outside his home in Kent yesterday

Mr Farage, wearing a green tweed jacket and chequered shirt, speaking to reporters outside his home in Kent yesterday

Kirsten Farage, 50, pictured outside her Kent home without a wedding ring on her finger (circled) yesterday

Kirsten Farage, 50, pictured outside her Kent home without a wedding ¡ÊÈȺá¤Î¡Ë°ìÌ£ on her finger (circled) yesterday

This newspaper told last month how Mr Farage was staying in a 'bachelor pad' in London on weeknights, but he ¼­Âह¤ëd to say where it was and ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd that he had ʬÎö¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë from his German-born second wife, Kirsten, with whom he has two daughters.

When asked about the ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë of his marriage at the time, he replied: 'We get by and bumble along, like most people.'?

The bolthole is a three-bedroom Georgian house, ²ÁÃ͡ʤ¬¤¢¤ë¡Ë an ³µ»»¤Î ¡ò4 million and owned by a ¼Â¶È²È, in a ÀŤ«¤Ê Chelsea Ì£Êý¤¹¤ë street. Mr Farage has been ³ôing it with Ms Ferrari for a week.??

¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari has °ÊÁ° spoken of how she began working for Mr Farage and fellow Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom after ²ñ¹ç them in the Strasbourg restaurant where she waited ¡ÊÊÆ¡Ëê¾å¤²¤¹¤ë¡¿¡Ê±Ñ¡ËÄóµÄ¤¹¤ës in 2007.

She once told an interviewer: 'I met these two MEPs and we started talking about politics.?

French waitress Laure Ferrari was photographed outside the Chelsea property early on Friday morning, dressed in tracksuit bottoms and putting out the bins

She was photographed outside the ½êͭʪ¡¿»ñ»º¡¿ºâ»º Áá´ü¤Ë on Friday morning, dressed in tracksuit Äì¡Ê¤ËÆϤ¯¡Ës and putting out the Ãù¢½ês

Minutes later, Nigel Farage was pictured leaving the house in his chauffeur-driven Land Rover

Minutes later, Mr Farage was pictured leaving the house in his chauffeur-driven Land Rover

His bolthole is a three-bedroom Georgian house, ²ÁÃ͡ʤ¬¤¢¤ë¡Ë an ³µ»»¤Î ¡ò4 million and owned by a ¼Â¶È²È, in a ÀŤ«¤Ê Chelsea Ì£Êý¤¹¤ë street

Mr Farage, 52, was pictured going into the property at 10.40am on Thursday morning?

Mr Farage, 52, was pictured going into the ½êͭʪ¡¿»ñ»º¡¿ºâ»º at 10.40am on Thursday morning?

'The two Brits have no ³¬ÁØÀ©ÅÙ and neither of them comes from a political background.' In June 2013, ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari ÃÏ°Ì¡¤Ç¤Ì¿¤¹¤ëd on Twitter a link to a newspaper feature asking 'Why do more women want to bed Nigel Farage over David Cameron?'??

She was ½é¤á¤Ï Mr Bloom's µÄ²ñ¤Î assistant then Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ë of public relations to a European µÄ²ñ ÇÛ¹ç led by Mr Farage, and was a ¸õÊä¼Ô for a small ±¦Íã party known as Debout la R?publique (Arise The ¶¦Ï¹ñ) at European Áªµós in 2014. The party, since ²þ̾¤¹¤ëd Debout la ¥Õ¥é¥ó, is one of ten ¹ñ²È¼çµÁ¼Ô parties that ¡ÊÉÔ­¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÊ䤦 the ADDE group, which was »Ï¤á¤ë¡¤·è¤á¤ë up in 2014 by Ukip and ´ð¶âd by the European µÄ²ñ.

In March 2015, she was elected as (n)Ìò°÷¡¿(a)¼¹¹ÔÎϤΤ¢¤ë director for the ADDE's think Àï¼Ö¡¿¥¿¥ó¥¯, the IDDE. The two organisations ³ô an office in Brussels but ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari moved to London, setting up a consultancy ²ñ¼Ò¡¿·ø¤¤ from an ±éÀâ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿½»½ê in Clapham.

¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari spoke ¤È°ì½ï¤Ë Ukip À¯¼£²È¡¤À¯¼£²°s and other Brexit Áªµó±¿Æ°¼Ôs at public events in Dorset and Norfolk ahead of last June's ¹ṉ̃Åêɼ.?

Mr Farage (pictured) said he was giving Miss Ferrari 'short-term help' with her accommodation because she had nowhere else to go and needed money

Mr Farage (pictured) said he was giving ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari 'short-¾Î¤¹¤ë¡¤¸Æ¤Ö¡¿´ü´Ö¡¿ÍѸì help' with her accommodation because she had nowhere else to go and needed money

IN HER OWN WORDS, HOW LAURE THE WAITRESS SERVED NIGEL... À¤³¦ÊÝ·òµ¡¹½ THEN GAVE HER UKIP JOB ?

Attractive and vivacious Laure Ferrari first met Nigel Farage when she was working as a waitress in Strasbourg.

It was 2007 and Mr Farage was dining with his friend Godfrey Bloom, then also a Ukip MEP, when the 27-year-old brunette caught his ÃíÌܤ¹¤ë¡¤¤â¤¯¤í¤à.

'I met these two MEPs and we started talking about politics,' she later Ê®½Ð¤¹¤ëd. 'The two Brits have no ³¬ÁØÀ©ÅÙ and neither of them comes from a political background.'

Within months, ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari had been elevated to Mr Farage's inner circle as Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ë of PR for the British Âåɽ to the Europe of Freedom and Ëͼç¼çµÁ Group, led by Ukip.

It was ¤ä¤á¤ë a ·à¤Î rise for someone who ǧ¤á¤ë: 'Before 2005, I hadn't a ¼ê¤¬¤«¤ê¡Ê¤òÍ¿¤¨¤ë¡Ë about politics. For me, it was old men who sat around talking.'

Born in 1979 and raised in Epinal in North-East ¥Õ¥é¥ó, ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari moved 90 miles to ½Ï¹Í¤¹¤ë¡¿¹Íθ¤¹¤ë English at the University of Strasbourg, and then spent two more years there doing a master's in communications.

After her ½Ï¹Í¤¹¤ë¡¿¹Íθ¤¹¤ës, she took out a bank ÂßÉÕ¶â and opened a Ã夻¤ë¡¿ÉêÍ¿¤¹¤ës shop in Strasbourg called ÅԻԤΠFlavor, as 'I couldn't see myself working for someone else'.

But the ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö did not È˱ɤ¹¤ë and ºâÀ¯¾å¤Î difficulties led her to work as a waitress in the evenings.

The European µÄ²ñ »ý¤Ä¡¿¹´Î±¤¹¤ës ²ñ¹çs in Strasbourg once a month. It was thus that ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari met Mr Farage and entered the world of politics.

¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð a ¤Î¶á¤¯¤Ë friend, the pair became almost inseparable and Äê´üŪ¤Ë ¡Ä¤Ë½ÐÀʤ¹¤ëd political events and parties together in Brussels and Strasbourg.

'Everyone says that I am Nigel Farage's µÄ²ñ¤Î assistant, but this is not true,' she told the EurActiv news website in 2014. 'I was Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ë of public relations.'

There are subtle ¼ê¤¬¤«¤ê¡Ê¤òÍ¿¤¨¤ë¡Ës to her affection for Mr Farage on her social ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß accounts.

In June 2013, she teasingly tweeted a link to a newspaper article headlined: 'Why do more women want to bed Nigel Farage over David Cameron?'

Her ºß¸Ë¡¿³ô continued to rise ¤ÎÃæ¤Ç Eurosceptic circles and in 2014 she joined the ƱÌÁ for Direct Ëͼç¼çµÁ Europe (ADDE), a Ï¢¹ç of anti-EU parties.

In March 2015, she was Ǥ̿¤¹¤ëd (n)Ìò°÷¡¿(a)¼¹¹ÔÎϤΤ¢¤ë director for the ADDE's think Àï¼Ö¡¿¥¿¥ó¥¯, the ³Ø¹»¡¿Àߤ±¤ë for Direct Ëͼç¼çµÁ Europe. It was around this time she »Ï¤á¤ë¡¤·è¤á¤ë up an IDDE office in Westminster, London, and moved to Britain.

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Late last year ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Ferrari became caught up in the ¥¹¥­¥ã¥ó¥À¥ë ȼ¤¦¡¿´Ø¤ï¤ëing Ukip ´ð¶âing ahead of the Brexit Åêɼ and the 2015 General Áªµó, in which Mr Farage unsuccessfully tried to become an MP. The European µÄ²ñ ȯɽ¤¹¤ëd that, ¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ an audit, it discovered that the ADDE and IDDE had mis-spent ?534,478 (¡ò461,658) of taxpayers' cash on À¯ÅÞs and Áªµó±¿Æ°s, much of it Íø±×ing Ukip.

European Union money is only meant to be spent on activities at a European level, not on ¹ñÆâ¤Î ¡ÊÁªµó¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë±¿Æ°¤ò¤¹¤ëing.

The ADDE carried out nine opinion Åêɼs in the UK, published a Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ and carried out consultancy services connected to the Åêɼing, which '°ãÈ¿d the »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ës for European party ºâÀ¯¡¿¶âÍ»ing'.

It was told to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶⠻ٱ礹¤ë ?172,655 and had another ?248,345 ǧ¤á¤ë withheld. It has been ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëd that ADDE cash was given to Ukip staff to canvass Åêɼ¼Ôs in seats where the party hoped to do °æ¸Í¡¿ÊÛ¸î»ÎÀÊ. And the IDDE paid for a Åêɼ '´Ø·¸¤Î¤¢¤ë to the EU ¹ṉ̃Åêɼ in the UK'.

It was said to have wrongly spent ?33,863 in total, ´Þ¤àing »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶âing for a Dutch ¹ṉ̃Åêɼ advert arranged by Mr Farage. The Áªµó¡Ê¿Í¡Ë¤Î ¡ÊÇäÇã¡Ë¼ê¿ôÎÁ¡¤°ÑÂ÷¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿°Ñ°÷²ñ¡¿¸¢¸Â then ȯɽ¤¹¤ëd in November that it would Ä´ºº¡¿Áܺº¤¹¤ë Ukip to see if 'the party ¼õÂ÷¤¹¤ëd µö¤¹¤³¤È¤Î½ÐÍè¤Ê¤¤ ´óÉÕs' from the two groups, ¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ the European µÄ²ñ Ƚ·è¡¤ºÛÄê.

It said that after 'these expenses were Àë¸À¤¹¤ëd as Èó¡¤ÉÔ¡¤Ìµ-Ŭ³Ê¤Î for the ºâÀ¯¡¿¶âÍ»ing' by Brussels, 'the ¡ÊÇäÇã¡Ë¼ê¿ôÎÁ¡¤°ÑÂ÷¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿°Ñ°÷²ñ¡¿¸¢¸Â has opened its own Ä´ºº into Ukip to look at whether there has been any °ãÈ¿ of UK Áªµó ˡΧ. This ´Þ¤às whether any µö¤¹¤³¤È¤Î½ÐÍè¤Ê¤¤ ´óÉÕs have been ¼õÂ÷¤¹¤ëd.'

À¯ÅÞs are meant to µ­Ï¿¡¤µ­Ï¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µ­Ï¿¤¹¤ë all ´óÉÕs and check they come from permissible sources.

If they are ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë to have committed offen ces, parties can be ordered to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶⠻ٱ礹¤ë ´óÉÕs and ¹¶·â¤¹¤ë¡¤¾×Æͤ¹¤ë by ȳ¶âs of up to ¡ò20,000.

The Áªµó¡Ê¿Í¡Ë¤Î ¡ÊÇäÇã¡Ë¼ê¿ôÎÁ¡¤°ÑÂ÷¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿°Ñ°÷²ñ¡¿¸¢¸Â said last night that its Ä´ºº was ¸½ºß¿Ê¹ÔÃæ¤Î.?

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Nights spent working on his ¡ÊÁªµó¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë±¿Æ°¤ò¤¹¤ë dressed in her nightie while her husband ¡Æwent É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë the pub¡Ç: How Nigel Farage¡Çs wife has batted away Àµµ¬¤Î¡¿ÀµÁª¼ê »ö·ï¡¿»ö¾ð¡¿¾õÀª ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës?

Nigel Farage's wife Kirsten?remained ³Î¸Ç¤Ë loyal to him even as ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës of »ö·ï¡¿»ö¾ð¡¿¾õÀªs surfaced and?she saw more of him on TV than at home.

Mrs Farage spent the day caring for their children and doing the ²È»ö before often long evenings?as his Ĺ´± toiling away on a computer in her nightie.

Kirsten, 50, a German-born ËÝÌõ²È, said she ¼õÂ÷¤¹¤ëd her workaholic husband's lifestyle but had?also encouraged him to change his 'bad' habits in ºÇ¶á¤Î years.

She said once he 'drinks and smokes too much' and ¶²¤ì¤ëd for his health because he?skipped meals and often lived on adrenalin.

While she was at home in Kent there have been repeated ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës Mr Farage had Ï¢Íí»ö̳s with other women but he has again written off »ö·ï¡¿»ö¾ð¡¿¾õÀª rumours as 'bonkers'.

All over: Nigel Farge and his wife Kirsten, pictured at the Ukip spring conference at the Margate Winter Gardens, are now living separate lives

All over: Nigel Farge and his wife Kirsten, pictured at the Ukip spring ²ñµÄ¡¿¶¨µÄ²ñ at the Margate Winter Gardens, are now living separate lives

Denial: There have been repeated claims Mr Farage had liaisons with other women but he has again written off affair rumours as 'bonkers'

ÈÝÄê: There have been repeated ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës Mr Farage had Ï¢Íí»ö̳s with other women but he has again written off »ö·ï¡¿»ö¾ð¡¿¾õÀª rumours as 'bonkers'

Former Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom, once Mr Farage's Brussels flatmate, even said ¸øÁ³¤È that his friend's one ¾ÚµòÉÔ½½Ê¬, above booze and cigarettes, is women.

Today it was ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d that Mr and Mrs Farage have walked away from their marriage.

She ǧ¤á¤ë they have been living separate lives 'for years' and 'that ¹µÁÊs everyone' - her husband has not yet made a comment bu t last month when asked about the ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë of his marriage, he replied: 'We get by and bumble along, like most people.'

Over the years her husband has broken all the political »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ës to ¸Ø¤ë about his smoking, drinking and even visiting lapdancing clubs.?

In 2014 he was ¡Ê·º»ö¡ËÈï¹ð of having had an »ö·ï¡¿»ö¾ð¡¿¾õÀª with Annabelle Fuller, then 32, one of his spin doctors.

But in her typically circumspect manner Mrs Farage told reporters outside their home:?'We will be discussing it tonight.'?

¸Ä¿Í¤È¤·¤Æ she was said to be more upset, and it was ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëd later she?was ȼ¤¦¡¿´Ø¤ï¤ëd in an astonishing public ÇË»º¤·¤¿¡¿¡Ê·Ù»¡¤¬¡Ë¼êÆþ¤ì¤¹¤ë-up with Annabelle.

She was a ÁÇÀ²¤é¤·¤¤ À¯ÉÜ ¼ÒºÄ ÃçÇã¿Í whose ¤­¤Ó¤­¤Ó¤·¤¿ efficiency at first sight belied her ethereal ³°¸«. She could have stepped into a pre-Raphaelite ³¨ no questions asked?
Nigel Farage on the moment he met Kirsten after first marriage break-up?

¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð the Mirror Mrs Farage ľÌ̤¹¤ëd her at ?a UKIP Áªµó party and ¶²¤é¤¯ told her: 'I will have °ÂÁ´ drag you out by your hair if you don't leave'.

Both Farage and Fuller have Ç®¿´¤Ë ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd any »ö·ï¡¿»ö¾ð¡¿¾õÀª.?

In the same year he was seen walking into a hotel with a mystery blonde woman at 3.42am after a boozy night out in Malta.?

As he returned from the trip, Mr Farage ÅÜ¤Ã¤Æ ²òǤ¤¹¤ëd ¼çÄ¥s of ÉÔŬÀÚ¤Ê behaviour as 'fluff and nonsense', Àâ: 'I didn't go to bed with her.'

On one occasion she was drawn on ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës that her husband was unfaithful.

She said: 'I have heard it before and it always c omes from the same sort of people who wouldn¡Çt ¤«¤â¤·¤ì¤Ê¤¤ know'.

Honest: Mrs Farage has admitted they have been living separate lives 'for years' and 'that suits everyone'
Honest: Mrs Farage has admitted they have been living separate lives 'for years' and 'that suits everyone'

Honest: Mrs Farage (left today and ¸¢Íø in 2015) has ǧ¤á¤ë they have been living separate lives 'for ye ars' and 'that ¹µÁÊs everyone'

Mrs Farage ǧ¤á¤ë that while he was on the ¡ÊÁªµó¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë±¿Æ°¤ò¤¹¤ë ÄÉÀפ¹¤ë, working or É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë the pub she was often sitting at a computer in her nightie 'dutifully' working as his Ĺ´±.

She and Mr Farage met in Frankfurt in 1996, while he was travelling on ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö ¤¹¤°¤Ë after his Î¥º§ from his first wife, Grainne, the mother of his eldest two children.?

Later, he explained the ¿äÏÀ¤¹¤ë¡¿Íýͳs for his Î¥º§ in typically flamboyant style: 'My marriage, which had been on ice and torpid with its claws bound for so long we had both forgotten it was alive at all, finally Ëþλ¤¹¤ë¡¿»à¤Ìd.'

Of the moment he met Kirsten, he once said: 'She was a ÁÇÀ²¤é¤·¤¤ À¯ÉÜ ¼ÒºÄ ÃçÇã¿Í whose ¤­¤Ó¤­¤Ó¤·¤¿ efficiency at first sight belied her ethereal ³°¸«.

'She could have stepped into a pre-Raphaelite ³¨ no questions asked.'

The couple married in 1999 and have two children.?

She gave up her career in the City, where she worked as an interpreter for a German bank, to look after the children and do her husband's correspondence.

When she worked for Mr Farage she wrote all his emails because he dislikes using computers. ?

She also worked from home and rarely visited Ukip's HQ in London's Mayfair, which she ½Ò¤Ù¤ëd as a 'freak show'.?

Low key: Kirsten is rarely seen in public and at Ukip conferences, she would sit anonymously in t
he audience or sell merchandise on a stall with other volunteers

Low ½ÅÍפÊ: Kirsten is rarely seen in public and at Ukip ²ñµÄ¡¿¶¨µÄ²ñs, she would sit ÉÔÌÀ¤Ê in the audience or sell ¾¦ÉÊ¡¿ÇäÇ㤹¤ë on a Ω¤Á±ýÀ¸¤µ¤»¤ë with other volunteers

Party sources say Mrs Farage is 'brilliantly intelligent' and was a ½ÅÍ×¤Ê ¿Íʪ¡¿»Ñ¡¿¿ô»ú behind the scenes.?

'I work from home and Nigel is never there, so I am a Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È mother in many ways,' the mother-of-two joked °ÊÁ°.

'Someone has to be there and take the children to school.'

In a ¼ê¤¬¤«¤ê¡Ê¤òÍ¿¤¨¤ë¡Ë to their ¹ñÆâ¤Î ¼ê¤Ï¤º¡¿½àÈ÷, Mrs Farage ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d that her husband did not even know where basic À¤ÂÓ ´ï¶ñ¡¿È÷ÉÊ was kept.

'He just called me and asked where do we keep the ¥¢¥¤¥í¥ó¤ò¤«¤±¤ëing board as he needed to ¥¢¥¤¥í¥ó¤ò¤«¤±¤ë his shirt,' she said.

'I'm not that surprised. It is a bit worrying.'?

She is rarely seen in public and at Ukip ²ñµÄ¡¿¶¨µÄ²ñs, she would sit ÉÔÌÀ¤Ê in the audience or sell ¾¦ÉÊ¡¿ÇäÇ㤹¤ë on a Ω¤Á±ýÀ¸¤µ¤»¤ë with other volunteers.

Mrs Farage is in many ways the ´°Á´¤Ë¤¹¤ë opposite of her husband, rarely speaking in public and shunning the 'sad' Ìò³ä of À¯¼£²È¡¤À¯¼£²°'s wife.?

The former Ukip leader was often so busy that she and their two children only saw him on television and were u nable to holiday in the UK or go out for a meal together because of the attention her husband attracts.

His gruelling schedule as party leader meant that he was up by 5am and ºîÉÊ seven days a week, travelling on ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë eight hours a day to speak at ²ñ¹çs across the country.

Mr Farage has °ÊÁ° ǧ¤á¤ë that he has not spent enough time with his children.

He said: 'In an ideal world children Íø±× from having some sense of °ÂÄê with preferably two parents and not one.

'And that really, for more than the last £±£°Ç¯´Ö, has not been the »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô with me.

'Men tend to be more Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È-minded and selfish ¡¼¤Ë´Ø¤·¤Æ¡¿¡¼¤ÎÅÀ¤Çs of the choices they make and the ±Æ¶Á it has on their families.'?

Mrs Farage also rarely gives interviews but has on occasion ²ò½ü¤¹¤ëd the lid on their life together.

She told the Telegraph °ÊÁ° she was very worried that his drinking, smoking and long working hours could make him ill.

She: 'I do ? I think it is a very hectic lifestyle.

'He doesn't get a lot of sleep, he doesn't get a lot of »Ä¤ê¡¿µÙ·Æ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë, he lives on adrenaline a lot, he doesn't eat Àµµ¬¤Î¡¿ÀµÁª¼ê meals, now I am beginning to sound like his mother, and he smokes and he drinks too much.

'But if you have that sort of lifestyle I think it is what keeps him going, it keeps the adrenaline going.'?

In another rare interview German-born Kirsten also ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd the Ukip leader is ¿Í¼ïº¹Ê̼çµÁ¼Ô, ¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëing he does not have a 'bad bone in his ÃÄÂΡ¿»àÂÎ' and the ¹ðÁÊ¡¤¹ðȯ '½ý¤Ä¤±¤ës him'.

'If he was a ¿Í¼ïº¹Ê̼çµÁ¼Ô I wouldn't be with him. I don't think he has got a ±ø¤¤ bone in his ÃÄÂΡ¿»àÂÎ ? he is not a ¤¤¤¸¤á¡Ê¤ë¡Ë, he likes things done ŬÀÚ¤Ë,' she said.

Mrs Farage Äɲ乤ëd: 'It ½ý¤Ä¤±¤ës him ¸ºß Ëܿͼ«¿È¤Ç attacked but it doesn't make me feel uncomfortable because I know he is not a ¿Í¼ïº¹Ê̼çµÁ¼Ô.'?

She also ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d the stark ¾×·â on their lives of his party's successes ? Àâ the couple, who have been married for 15 years, are now unable to holiday in the UK or go out for a meal together because of the attention her husband attracts.

Mrs Farage, who is °­Ì¾¹â¤¯¤â publicity shy, broke her silence to paint the father of four as a dutiful family man who enjoys watching Dad's Army.

As she made a rare ³°¸« at the party's spring ²ñµÄ¡¿¶¨µÄ²ñ in Kent yesterday, German-born Mrs Farage said she keeps a deliberately low profile.

Asked if she would be joining her husband on ¹Ô¤¦¡¿³«ºÅ¤¹¤ë¡¿Ãʳ¬ to embrace and kiss him after his speech, she replied: 'No. Definitely not. That's really ¤ä¤á¤ë sad.'?

Asked about the contradiction of having a German wife while railing against °Ü̱¡¿°Ü½», Mr Farage has °ÊÁ° deflected the question by joking that their marriage is proof he loves Europe.

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