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

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

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

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

She explained: 'I still wake up in the middle of the 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, reviewed his end of life care in a candid brand-new interview on Wednesday

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

'Caring takes control of your entire life. You do not begrudge it, however you suffer because of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest pains after suffering severe tension while hubby Derek remained in healing.

She required 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 relocate to turn it off.

In her book, The Strength Of Love, the presenter explained how she then felt a 'searing discomfort' in her chest and was instantly required to the closest A&E for tests.

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

She has freely discussed how she has actually been left with debts in between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after taking care of her late husband Derek.

As well as taking on financial obligations related to the ₤ 16,000 a month costs 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 business Astra Aspera.

Derek died 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 provided him his medicine'

The company, which was jointly managed by Kate, folded owing hundreds of thousands of pounds to financial institutions, consisting of a large costs to HMRC.

Kate has actually been hectic promoting her numerous work jobs as her financial obligations tower above her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has actually needed to deal with financial problems.

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

Fulfill Media Ltd had debts amounting to ₤ 922,807, which consisted of ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade creditors, and ₤ 462,808 in '3rd party loans'.

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

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate might have to sell the home to repay her current financial obligations with one source saying: 'It has actually cost numerous countless pounds to take care of Derek and do everything she might to get him better however it's left her struggling.'

But hard-working Kate has been on a self-promotion blitz amidst her most current financial woes.

Alongside her routine GMB work, the star plugged her Smooth Radio reveal this week, 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 shows of year - Celebrity Traitors.

Along with the likes of 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 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 indelible mark on the city.'

She recorded the series last year and has actually admitted that she discovered it 'fascinating' to learn about how people lived their lives at a time when she was contemplating her future strategies.

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

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

Speaking before her hubby'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 household costs, before you pay for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.

'I owe money. I can't make sufficient money to cover my debt since I am managing 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 essentials all the time.'

In May in 2015, Kate candidly revealed she's turned to withdrawing cash from her pension pot to pay the huge bills during a conversation about the NHS and private care on GMB.

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

'I have needed to withdraw the bit you can tax complimentary from my pension to spend for belated expenses for my partner, who has actually now passed away.

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

Addressing the latest HMRC filing, Kate's spokesperson told MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'surprised' TV star 'doesn't acknowledge these figures' and is in contact with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is required'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains after suffering severe stress while hubby Derek remained in recovery

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

'She doesn't recognise these figures and is stunned that it's being presented in this way by them.

'Caring for Derek and supporting her family when Derek might no longer run his own companies has taken a huge monetary toll on her however she's determined to put things right.
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'She is in constant contact with HMRC to make certain she honours what's needed from Derek's now defunct company.'

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