He suggested that she was able to afford to buy the four-bedroom home, which was bought without a mortgage, because she comes from a wealthy French family.
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Her father ran a haulage business in Strasbourg, France for many years but the company was liquidated in 2020 and had more liabilities than assets at the time.
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Her parents, Bertrand and Chantal, live in a flat worth around 350,000 euros (£302,000) in a Strasbourg suburb.
They, and their two daughters, co-own the flat, which was bought in 2006, as well as the haulage company's former business premises. These premises are rented out, with a local estate agent estimating it would generate no more than 8-9,000 euros a month.
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She has spoken of how, with the help of a bank loan, she previously set up a clothes shop called Urban Flavour but the business failed and she had to turn to waitressing to make ends meet.
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In recent years, she has been the director of a consultancy, now called Baxter Laois Limited, which is the registered owner of Farage's gin brand.
However, the company's latest accounts show limited activity, with more than £10,000 owed to creditors and just £1,000 in assets.
A petition to wind up the company was filed in August and withdrawn earlier this week.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce845w70g0yo)
