Nigel Farage’s girlfriend Laure Ferrari, 44, wears her arm in a sling after a surfing accident as she joins the I’m A Celebrity star’s loved ones to greet evictee Marvin Humes

Nigel Farage's girlfriend Laure Ferrari has been pictured with her arm in a sling after reportedly suffering a minor injury while surfing.

The 44-year-old appeared to be on the mend after the accident as she joined the I'm A Celebrity stars' loved ones at their hotel to greet latest evicted Marvin Humes.

Despite the injury, Laure was in good spirits as she chatted with the other family members and took out celebrities, including Frankie Dettori.

Laure arrived at the Marriott Hotel in Surfers Paradise on Sunday and is staying at the luxury hotel, while Farage has been sleeping on a camp bed and eating rice and beans for 18 days.

She doesn't join the cohort of friends and family who leave the Marriott every morning at 5:30 a.m. and drive to the jungle in case they have to greet their loved ones from the bridge after a live elimination.

Nigel Farage's girlfriend Laure Ferrari has been pictured with her arm in a sling after reportedly suffering a minor injury while surfing

Instead, Nigel's 18-year-old daughter Isabelle has made the trip, as she will officially greet him and accompany her father to the hotel.

Since deciding to join Nigel in Australia, Laure has finally spoken about their unconfirmed relationship.

Speaking to the Mail, she said: 'I really believe Nigel can win. I see it as a duty to support him. When he was invited to I'm a Celebrity we talked about it.

'I saw it as a huge opportunity for him to shine. He thought about it more. He consulted his family and friends. It was a team effort that got him to show up.”

When asked about his bare bottom being shown to millions of viewers in the jungle shower, she replied: “He's got a great bottom, what's wrong with that?”

French right-wing politician Laure and Nigel have been linked since 2017 after she moved into his £4million Georgian home in Chelsea and was seen taking out the bins.

At the time, Nigel dismissed the idea of ​​an affair as 'crackers' as he had just announced his divorce from his wife of 18 years, Kirsten.

Laure, fifteen years younger than Farage, met the politician ten years earlier, in 2007, when she was working as a waitress in Strasbourg.

After the exchange with the then 28-year-old, Nigel appointed her parliamentary assistant responsible for environmental issues in Britain – her first job in politics.

From there she became PR director of Nigel's parliamentary group Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy in 2009 and eventually worked for the French nationalist party.

In 2017 – just as she moved in with Nigel as a “renter” – she headed a Eurosceptic think tank that was accused of illegally funneling £400,000 of public money to UKIP – ahead of the UK general election and the Brexit referendum.

Amid these allegations, the pair were seen enjoying a drink together in a London pub while chatting before they both discreetly exited a chauffeur-driven Range Rover.

It was reported that 'Nigel's attention was only focused on one woman all night', but they appeared cautious about being seen together with Nigel as they continually denied claims of a romantic relationship.

He told the Mail on Sunday: 'She's someone I've worked with and known for a long time, and wanted to stay somewhere for a week that wouldn't cost her any money.

'It's a working relationship. You can blow it up any way you want.”

Laure lived with Nigel at the time because she needed shelter and had nowhere else to stay – according to the former politician.

That same month, in February 2017, it was announced that the father-of-four and his German wife Kristen had been 'living separate lives' for years and Nigel had moved out of their family home in Kent.