Kate Garraway has actually revealed that she still gets up in the the night worrying that she hasn't provided her late husband Derek Draper his medicine.
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The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, reviewed his end of life care in a candid 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 remain in her thoughts.

She discussed: 'I still wake up in the middle of the night stressing that I haven't offered him his medication, or that I have forgotten to move him every hour to prevent the unpleasant contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has revealed that she still gets up in the the night worrying that she hasn't offered her late husband Derek Draper his medication

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, reflected on his end of life care in an honest new interview on Wednesday

'The next 2nd I understand he no longer needs that care. There is a minute of relief - that I did not let him down - before a tsunami of sadness hits.

'Caring takes over your entire life. You don't resent it, however you suffer because of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest discomforts after suffering severe tension while partner Derek remained in healing.

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

In her book, The Strength Of Love, the presenter described how she then felt a 'searing pain' in her chest and was right away required to the nearest A&E for tests.

Kate has actually been hectic juggling a chaotic work schedule, as the real extent of her financial obligations are revealed.

She has freely discussed how she has actually been entrusted financial obligations between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after looking after her late partner Derek.

In addition to tackling debts related to the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses for his care, a new liquidator's report has actually revealed the large 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 battle with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She described: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night worrying that I have not given him his medication'

The company, which was collectively controlled by Kate, folded owing numerous thousands of pounds to creditors, including a large costs to HMRC.

Kate has actually been hectic promoting her different work tasks as her debts tower above her however it's not the very first time the broadcaster has actually needed to handle monetary problems.

In 2012, two other companies collectively managed by Derek and Kate folded.

Fulfill Media Ltd had debts totalling ₤ 922,807, that included ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade lenders, and ₤ 462,808 in '3rd party loans'.

At the exact same time, Countrymouse Media Ltd, was liquidated owing ₤ 189,121, which consisted of ₤ 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 company.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate might need to sell the home to repay her present financial obligations with one source stating: 'It has cost numerous countless 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 been on a self-promotion blitz amidst her newest financial woes.

Alongside her regular GMB work, the star plugged her Smooth Radio show today, revealing she was 'chuffed' that the lunchtime program now reached 2.8 million listeners.

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

Together with the similarity Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a few weeks ago to movie the spin off of the blockbuster BBC series.

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

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

She shot the series in 2015 and has actually confessed that she discovered it 'interesting' to learn more about how people lived their lives at a time when she was contemplating her future plans.

Kate formerly exposed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care expenses eclipsed her GMB income, admitting in a 2023 interview that she could not even afford to have the heating on in October.

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts due to stress in the middle of husband Derek Draper's COVID-19 battle: 'I thought I was having a cardiovascular disease'

Speaking before her other half's death, Kate said: 'Derek's care costs more than my salary from ITV and that is before you spend for a mortgage, before you pay any home expenses, before you spend for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.

'I owe money. I can't make adequate money to cover my financial obligation since I am handling Derek's care and I can't even utilize the cash I do need to support Derek's healing, since it's going on the fundamentals all the time.'

In May in 2015, Kate candidly exposed she's resorted to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the big expenses during a discussion about the NHS and private care on GMB.

Sharing the results of a survey that one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into debt while funding private treatment, she admitted: 'I am doing something comparable myself.

'I have actually had to withdraw the bit you can tax totally free from my pension to spend for belated bills for my hubby, who has actually now passed away.

'People are having to do things - it wasn't a substantial pension in the very first location - which aren't what they saved for.'

Addressing the most current HMRC filing, Kate's representative informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'shocked' TV star 'does not recognise these figures' and touches with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is required'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains after suffering severe stress while other half Derek remained in healing

Their declaration checked out: 'Kate has actually met all that the liquidators of Derek's company have requested for and more over the previous four years.

'She does not acknowledge these figures and is surprised that it's existing in this way by them.

'Taking care of Derek and supporting her household when Derek could no longer run his own businesses has actually taken a substantial monetary toll on her but she's determined to put things right.

'She is in continuous contact with HMRC to ensure she honours what's required from Derek's now defunct business.'

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