FARAGE WIFE SHUNS LIMELIGHT
HER husband revels in the limelight. But Kirsten Farage is keen to shun the ‘sad’ role of a traditional party leader’s wife.
The 8-year-old, who is seldom seen in public, said she has to stay at home and look after their two children because husband Nigel’s job running Ukip means she is effectively a single mother.
As she made a rare appearance at the party’s spring conference in Kent yesterday, German-born Mrs Farage said she keeps a deliberately low profile.
Asked if she would be joining her husband on stage to kiss him after his speech, she replied: ‘No. Definitely not. That’s really quite sad.’
Party sources say Mrs Farage is ‘brilliantly intelligent’ and a key figure behind the scenes, but she insists she will not be playing a more high-profile role during the General Election campaign.
‘I work from home and Nigel is never there, so I am a single mother in many ways,’ she joked. ‘Someone has to be there and take the children to school.’
Mrs Farage said she finds public interest in her ‘mad’, adding people only recognise her when they read her name badge at events.