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Kate Garraway has exposed that she still awakens in the the night panicking that she hasn't offered her late hubby Derek Draper his medicine.

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, reflected on his end of life care in an honest brand-new interview on Wednesday.
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Derek passed away 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 tough years remain in her thoughts.

She discussed: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't provided him his medicine, or that I have forgotten to move him every hour to avoid the painful contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has actually revealed that she still gets up in the the night worrying that she hasn't given her late spouse Derek Draper his medicine

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

'The next second 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 sadness hits.

'Caring takes over your whole life. You do not resent it, but you suffer due to the fact that of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts after suffering severe stress while husband Derek was in recovery.

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

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

Kate has actually been hectic juggling a hectic work schedule, as the true extent of her debts are revealed.

She has honestly talked about how she has been left with debts between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after taking care of her late spouse Derek.

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

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

She explained: 'I still wake up in the middle of the night panicking that I have not provided him his medication'

The company, which was jointly controlled by Kate, went bust owing numerous countless pounds to lenders, consisting of a big costs to HMRC.

Kate has been busy promoting her numerous work tasks as her debts loom over her however it's not the very first time the broadcaster has had to handle financial problems.
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In 2012, 2 other companies collectively managed by Derek and Kate folded.

Fulfill Media Ltd had debts amounting to ₤ 922,807, that included ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade lenders, and ₤ 462,808 in 'third party 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 have to sell the home to repay her existing financial obligations with one source saying: 'It has cost hundreds of countless pounds to take care of Derek and do whatever she might to get him much better but it's left her having a hard time.'

But hard-working Kate has been on a self-promotion blitz in the middle of her latest financial woes.

Alongside her regular 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 actually also been teasing her signing in possibly one of the most awaited TV programs of year - Celebrity Traitors.

In addition to 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 blockbuster 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 launched weekly, function interviews with Emiratis and Dubai homeowners 'who have left an enduring mark on the city.'

She filmed the series last year and has admitted that she discovered it 'intriguing' to find out 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 wage, admitting in a 2023 interview that she could not even pay for to have the heating on in October.

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

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

'I owe money. I can't make sufficient cash to cover my financial obligation because I am managing Derek's care and I can't even use the money I do need to support Derek's recovery, since it's going on the basics all the time.'

In May last year, Kate openly revealed she's resorted to withdrawing cash from her pension pot to pay the big expenses throughout a discussion about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the outcomes of a survey that exposed one in five Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while funding private healthcare, she confessed: 'I am doing something similar myself.

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

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

Addressing the most recent HMRC filing, Kate's spokesperson informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'shocked' TV star 'doesn't recognise these figures' and touches with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is needed'.

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

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

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

'Taking care of Derek and supporting her family when Derek might no longer run his own services has actually taken a huge monetary toll on her but she's to put things right.

'She is in consistent contact with HMRC to ensure she honours what's needed from Derek's now defunct company.'

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