¡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 ¸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, 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.?
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 Áªµó±¿Æ°¼Ô, has moved in with Mr Farage at a West London ½êÍʪ¡¿»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.?
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 (¸¢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.?
Mr Farage is living in a grand Georgian house in west London (pictured yesterday) and Ms Ferrari has moved in too
A solemn looking Mrs Farage today walked out ¤Î¾å¤Ë the driveway from the couple's Kent home
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.
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
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.?
She was photographed outside the ½êÍʪ¡¿»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, 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 ½êÍʪ¡¿»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¤ʤɤò¡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 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
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.?
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 ²ñµÄ¡¿¶¨µÄ²ñ at the Margate Winter Gardens, are now living separate lives
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.
¤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 (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 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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