as told friends she wants to be jailed so can she can cash in on interviews behind bars.

The former glamour model, 46, is supposedly hoping to be handed a prison sentence after she was arrested for failing to attend court over her ongoing £760,000 bankruptcy court proceedings.

Friends of the reality TV star told The Sun that she believes being jailed could attract  more publicity through media interviews and provide some compelling stories for a new book.

Her time inside could also allow her to conduct some useful research for a future TV show, one source added.

The prospect of Price being jailed was sparked following her arrest at Heathrow Airport on Thursday night as she returned to the UK after undergoing her sixth facelift in Turkey.

On Friday, Price turned up on foot through the main entrance wearing a beige outfit and black head covering to conceal her injuries caused by the £10,000 procedure.

Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Daniel Schaffer ordered the model to give an ‘undertaking’ to the court that she would attend a further hearing to face questions over her finances on August 27 at 10.30am.

Ms Price asked the judge whether she could attend the hearing remotely as she said she finds it ‘difficult in a court’, saying: ‘Am I able to do it by Zoom or in a side room?’

‘No,’ the judge replied, adding that she could apply to attend remotely and ‘it does not take Einstein to do it’.

Katie Price leaves the Royal Courts of Justice after her bankruptcy court case. The reality TV star has reportedly told friends she wants to be jailed so can she can cash in on interviews behind bars

Price’s head is currently covered in bandages and black tape after her facelift in Turkey

Court artist drawing by Elizabeth Cook of Price with her knees up at court today

Katie Price is arrested at Heathrow Airport on Thursday night after returning to the UK from Turkey

Katie Price was later pictured exiting the back of a police van at Heathrow police station on Thursday night shortly after being arrested

Price, from Surrey, has made an appearance on Friday despite her face being covered in bandages and black tape following the £10,000 facelift she underwent in Turkey.

Pictures show her head patched up in dressings following the procedure – her sixth facelift – which the model is understood to have had at the Trio Clinic in Istanbul.

Her court appearance comes after an arrest warrant was issued by a judge after she failed to attend a hearing relating to her enormous £760,000 debt.

Price previously said she was ‘not running from matters’, but was ‘away working for a documentary on corrective surgeries’ during the court hearing.

In a now-deleted statement on Instagram, Price wrote: ‘I am aware that I am about to be detained at the airport which is obviously what the courts feel is necessary.

‘I do hope of course for my son’s sake who is with me that they will allow some dignity and protection for at least his sake as this will be extremely disturbing for him to see. Whilst I understand the importance and severity of the matter I do feel like I am being treated like a criminal.’

Price arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice after she was arrested at Heathrow Airport last night

Price arrived on foot through the main entrance wearing a beige outfit and black head covering

Price’s face is still bandaged up today following her £10,000 facelift in Turkey

Price arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London this afternoon

The former glamour model arriving at court in London today in a beige outfit

Price arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London today for a hearing

Former glamour model Price arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London

Katie Price watches as her son Harvey is helped by a Heathrow assistance worker Thursday night

Katie Price is arrested at Heathrow Airport Thursday night after returning to the UK from Turkey

JJ Slater pops out to get some items from his car parked outside his girlfriend Katie Price’s house today

Moment Katie Price is arrested at Heathrow after Turkey facelift

Photographs from Thursday night show the former model being taken away by police after landing at about 7.45pm with her son Harvey, 22, and boyfriend JJ Slater, 31, who was left to pick up her bags.

Members of the airport’s assistance team were seen pushing Harvey in a wheelchair through a corridor in the terminal as he watched his mother being arrested.

Price, whose head was covered in bandages, was later seen sitting on the edge of a police van before applying lipstick and taking a few puffs of her vape.

The mother-of-five, who lives in Sussex, failed to appear in front of a judge on July 30 as a part her £760,000 bankruptcy court proceedings and instead flew to Turkey on holiday for her sixth facelift while staying at a £133-a-night five-star hotel.

Price was aware she would be detained at the airport but had asked police that they ‘allow some dignity and protection’ for Harvey, claiming it would be ‘extremely disturbing for him to see’.

In a statement posted to Instagram earlier this week, Price claimed she had been in Turkey filming a documentary.

She said on return from work, she would be ‘detained at the airport’ which is what the ‘courts feel is necessary.’

Discussing her son Harvey, Price asked that authorities ‘allow some dignity and protection for at least his sake as this will be extremely disturbing for him to see’.

While acknowledging the ‘severity’ of the matter, Price said she was being treated ‘like a criminal’ and declared the ‘unfortunate financial circumstance’ did not make her a ‘criminal or bad person’.

Harvey is helped by a Heathrow assistance worker after Price arrived at the airport on Thursday night

Katie Price is arrested at Heathrow Airport on Thursday night after returning to the UK from Turkey

A wheelchair at London Heathrow last night as assistance workers helped Price’s son Harvey

Katie Price is arrested at Heathrow Airport last night after returning to the UK from Turkey

Katie Price watches as her son Harvey is helped by a Heathrow assistance worker last night

Katie Price is detained at London Heathrow last night ahead of a court appearance today

Katie Price is arrested at Heathrow Airport last night after returning to the UK from Turkey

Katie Price is detained at London Heathrow last night ahead of a court appearance today