Kate Garraway has exposed that she still wakes up in the the night worrying that she hasn't given her late hubby Derek Draper his medicine.

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, reviewed his end of life care in an honest brand-new interview on Wednesday.

Derek passed away at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year fight with long Covid.

Speaking in The Sun, she informed of how those hard years stay in her ideas.
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She discussed: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night stressing that I have not given him his medication, or that I have forgotten to move him every hour to avoid the unpleasant contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has actually exposed that she still wakes up in the the night worrying that she hasn't offered her late hubby Derek Draper his medicine

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, reviewed his end of life care in a candid brand-new interview on Wednesday

'The next 2nd I realise he no longer requires that care. There is a moment of relief - that I did not let him down - before a tsunami of unhappiness hits.

'Caring takes over your entire life. You don't begrudge it, but you suffer since of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest discomforts after suffering severe tension while other half Derek remained in recovery.

She needed medical help of her own after being woken by the 2am alarm she sets each night for Good Morning Britain - and finding she could not move to turn it off.

In her book, The Strength Of Love, the speaker described how she then felt a 'searing discomfort' in her chest and was instantly taken to the nearby A&E for tests.

Kate has been hectic juggling a busy work schedule, as the true level of her financial obligations are exposed.

She has honestly talked about how she has been entrusted debts between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after looking after her late partner Derek.

In addition to taking on financial obligations connected to the ₤ 16,000 a month costs for his care, a new liquidator's report has exposed the big tax costs that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic company Astra Aspera.

Derek passed away at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year fight with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She described: 'I still get up in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't given him his medication'

The company, which was jointly controlled by Kate, folded owing hundreds of countless pounds to lenders, consisting of a large costs to HMRC.

Kate has actually been hectic promoting her numerous work tasks as her financial obligations tower above her but it's not the first time the broadcaster has actually needed to handle monetary concerns.

In 2012, 2 other firms collectively controlled by Derek and Kate failed.

Fulfill Media Ltd had financial obligations totalling ₤ 922,807, that included ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade lenders, and ₤ 462,808 in 'third celebration loans'.

At the same time, Countrymouse Media Ltd, was liquidated owing ₤ 189,121, that included ₤ 98,944 to the taxman and ₤ 48,000 on an overdrawn directors loan account. Derek and Kate were both personally owed ₤ 24,000 each by the business.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate may need to sell the home to repay her present debts with one source stating: 'It has cost numerous thousands of pounds to care for Derek and do whatever she might to get him better but it's left her struggling.'

But hard-working Kate has actually been on a self-promotion blitz amid her latest monetary concerns.

Alongside her routine GMB work, the star plugged her Smooth Radio reveal today, revealing she was 'chuffed' that the lunch break program now reached 2.8 million listeners.

She has actually likewise been teasing her finalizing in possibly among the most anticipated TV programs of year - Celebrity Traitors.

Along with the likes of Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a few weeks ago to film the spin off of the smash hit BBC series.

Meanwhile, in February she was revealed as the host of a brand-new Dubai-set podcast and YouTube series - DXB Unheard.

Each of the 8 episodes, which are released weekly, feature interviews with Emiratis and Dubai locals 'who have actually left an enduring mark on the city.'

She recorded the series last year and has confessed that she discovered it 'interesting' to discover how people lived their lives at a time when she was pondering her future strategies.

Kate previously exposed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care costs eclipsed her GMB wage, confessing in a 2023 interview that she could not even manage to have the heating on in October.

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts due to husband Derek Draper's COVID-19 fight: 'I believed I was having a heart attack'

Speaking before her spouse's death, Kate stated: 'Derek's care expenses more than my salary from ITV which is before you spend for a mortgage, before you pay any family expenses, before you spend for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.

'I owe money. I can't earn enough money to cover my debt since I am handling Derek's care and I can't even utilize the money I do need to support Derek's recovery, because it's going on the fundamentals all the time.'

In May last year, Kate openly exposed she's resorted to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the substantial expenses during a conversation about the NHS and private care on GMB.

Sharing the outcomes of a study that exposed one in five Brits are getting themselves into debt while funding private treatment, she admitted: 'I am doing something similar myself.

'I have actually had to withdraw the bit you can tax totally free from my pension to pay for belated costs for my other half, who has actually now died.

'People are needing to do things - it wasn't a huge pension in the very first place - which aren't what they saved for.'

Addressing the current HMRC filing, Kate's representative informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'surprised' TV star 'doesn't identify these figures' and is in contact with HMRC to make sure she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'distressing' chest discomforts after suffering severe tension while partner Derek was in healing

Their statement read: 'Kate has actually fulfilled all that the liquidators of Derek's business have actually requested and more over the previous 4 years.

'She doesn't recognise these figures and is shocked that it's existing in this way by them.

'Caring for Derek and supporting her family when Derek might no longer run his own companies has actually taken a big financial toll on her but she's identified to put things right.

'She remains in constant contact with HMRC to make sure she honours what's needed from Derek's now defunct business.'

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