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

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, assessed his end of life care in an honest 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 tough years remain in her thoughts.

She described: 'I still get up in the middle of the night stressing that I have not provided him his medicine, or that I have actually 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 stressing that she hasn't offered her late hubby Derek Draper his medicine

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, reflected on his end of life care in an honest 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 whole life. You do not resent it, but you suffer since of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains after suffering extreme stress while partner Derek remained 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 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 right away taken to the nearby A&E for tests.

Kate has actually been busy handling a stressful work schedule, as the true level of her debts are exposed.

She has freely gone over how she has been entrusted to debts between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after caring for her late other half Derek.

As well as dealing with debts associated with the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses for his care, a new liquidator's report has actually exposed the large tax expenses that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic business Astra Aspera.

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

She explained: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't given him his medication'

The business, which was jointly managed by Kate, failed owing numerous countless pounds to lenders, consisting of a big expense to HMRC.

Kate has been busy promoting her numerous work jobs as her debts loom over her however it's not the first time the broadcaster has actually needed to deal with financial woes.

In 2012, 2 other companies jointly managed by Derek and Kate went bust.

Fulfill Media Ltd had debts totalling ₤ 922,807, which consisted of ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade financial institutions, and ₤ 462,808 in '3rd celebration 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 business.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate might need to sell the home to repay her current financial obligations with one source stating: 'It has actually cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to care for Derek and do whatever she might to get him much better however it's left her struggling.'

But hard-working Kate has been on a self-promotion blitz amid her newest financial troubles.

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

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

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

She recorded the series in 2015 and has confessed that she found it 'fascinating' to find out 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 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 pains due to tension amidst partner Derek Draper's COVID-19 battle: 'I thought I was having a heart attack'

Speaking before her other half's death, Kate said: 'Derek's care expenses more than my salary from ITV and that 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 have to support Derek's recovery, because it's going on the essentials all the time.'

In May last year, Kate candidly revealed she's turned to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the substantial bills throughout a conversation about the NHS and private care on GMB.

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

'I have actually needed to the bit you can tax free from my pension to pay for belated bills 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 newest HMRC filing, Kate's representative told MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'stunned' 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 'distressing' chest pains after suffering extreme tension while partner Derek was in healing

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

'She doesn't recognise these figures and is surprised 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 substantial monetary toll on her but she's identified to put things right.

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

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