Kate Garraway has exposed that she still awakens in the the night worrying that she hasn't given her late other half Derek Draper his medication.

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, shown on his end of life care in an honest brand-new interview on Wednesday.
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Derek died at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year battle with long Covid.

Speaking in The Sun, she told of how those difficult years stay in her thoughts.

She explained: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't offered him his medication, or that I have actually forgotten to move him every hour to prevent the unpleasant contractions in his limbs.

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

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

'The next 2nd I understand he no longer requires 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 since of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest pains after suffering extreme stress while hubby Derek was in healing.

She needed medical support of her own after being woken by the 2am alarm she sets each night for Good Morning Britain - and finding she couldn't transfer 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 actually been hectic juggling a stressful work schedule, as the real extent of her debts are exposed.

She has openly gone over how she has actually been entrusted to debts in between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after looking after her late spouse Derek.

In addition to tackling debts related to the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has actually exposed the big tax expenses that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic Aspera.

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

She explained: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night panicking that I haven't provided him his medicine'

The business, which was collectively managed by Kate, failed owing numerous countless pounds to creditors, including a big bill to HMRC.

Kate has actually been busy promoting her different work tasks as her debts loom over her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has actually needed to deal with financial troubles.

In 2012, two other firms jointly managed by Derek and Kate went bust.

Fulfill Media Ltd had debts totalling ₤ 922,807, which 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, 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 business.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate may have to offer the home to repay her existing debts with one source saying: 'It has cost numerous thousands of pounds to take care of Derek and do everything she could to get him better however it's left her having a hard time.'

But hard-working Kate has actually been on a self-promotion blitz in the middle of her most current monetary issues.

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

She has likewise been teasing her finalizing in maybe one of the most expected TV shows of year - Celebrity Traitors.

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

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

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

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

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

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest discomforts due to tension amidst husband Derek Draper's COVID-19 battle: 'I thought I was having a cardiac arrest'

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

'I am in debt. I can't make enough money to cover my debt since I am handling Derek's care and I can't even utilize the cash I do need to support Derek's recovery, due to the fact that it's going on the essentials all the time.'

In May in 2015, Kate openly exposed she's turned to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the substantial expenses during a conversation about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the outcomes of a survey that revealed one in five Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while funding private healthcare, 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 expenses for my partner, who has actually now died.

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

Addressing the most recent HMRC filing, Kate's representative told MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'stunned' TV star 'does not identify these figures' and is in contact with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains after suffering extreme stress while husband Derek was in healing

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

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

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

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

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