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Kate Garraway has actually revealed that she still awakens in the the night worrying that she hasn't offered her late spouse 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 thoughts.

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

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 medicine

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, reflected on 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 minute of relief - that I did not let him down - before a tsunami of unhappiness hits.

'Caring takes control of your whole life. You don't resent it, however you suffer due to the fact that of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains after suffering extreme tension while spouse Derek was in recovery.

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 could not 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 immediately taken to the nearby A&E for tests.

Kate has actually been hectic managing a busy work schedule, as the true degree of her financial obligations are revealed.

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

As well as dealing with financial obligations related to the ₤ 16,000 a month costs for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has revealed the big tax costs 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 battle with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She discussed: 'I still get up in the middle of the night panicking that I haven't given him his medicine'
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The business, which was jointly managed by Kate, folded owing numerous thousands of pounds to creditors, including a big costs to HMRC.

Kate has actually been hectic promoting her numerous work jobs as her debts tower above her however it's not the very first time the broadcaster has actually had to deal with monetary issues.

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

Fulfill Media Ltd had debts amounting to ₤ 922,807, that included ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade financial institutions, and ₤ 462,808 in 'third party loans'.

At the very 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 service.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate might have to sell the home to repay her present debts with one source saying: 'It has cost numerous thousands of pounds to look after Derek and do everything she could to get him better but 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 newest financial concerns.

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

She has also been teasing her signing in maybe one of the most anticipated TV shows of year - Celebrity Traitors.

In addition to 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 eight episodes, which are released weekly, feature interviews with Emiratis and Dubai residents 'who have actually left an enduring mark on the city.'

She filmed the series last year and has actually confessed that she discovered it 'intriguing' to learn more about how individuals lived their lives at a time when she was pondering her future strategies.

Kate formerly revealed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care expenses eclipsed her GMB salary, confessing in a 2023 interview that she couldn't even manage to have the heating on in October.

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest discomforts due to stress amid hubby Derek Draper's COVID-19 battle: 'I thought I was having a cardiovascular disease'

Speaking before her partner's death, Kate said: 'Derek's care expenses more than my income 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 am in debt. I can't make adequate money to cover my debt due to the fact that I am handling Derek's care and I can't even use 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 candidly exposed she's resorted to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the big expenses during a discussion about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the results of a study that exposed one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while moneying personal healthcare, she confessed: 'I am doing something similar myself.

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

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

Addressing the most recent HMRC filing, Kate's representative informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'stunned' TV star 'doesn't recognise these figures' and with HMRC to make sure she 'honours what is required'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains after suffering severe tension while spouse Derek remained in healing

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

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

'Taking care of Derek and supporting her family when Derek might no longer run his own businesses has actually taken a substantial financial toll on her however she's figured out to put things right.

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

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