Kate Garraway has actually exposed that she still wakes up in the the night panicking that she hasn't provided her late other half Derek Draper his medicine.

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, shown on his end of life care in a candid 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 informed of how those difficult years stay in her ideas.

She described: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't given him his medicine, or that I have actually forgotten to move him every hour to prevent the uncomfortable contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has exposed that she still awakens in the the night worrying 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 new interview on Wednesday

'The next 2nd 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 because of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains after suffering extreme tension while partner 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 discovering 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 immediately required to the nearest A&E for tests.

Kate has been hectic managing a hectic work schedule, as the true degree of her debts are revealed.

She has freely gone over how she has actually been entrusted to financial obligations in between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after looking after her late hubby Derek.

Along with tackling debts related to the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses 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 passed away at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year fight with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She described: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night stressing that I have not given him his medicine'

The business, which was collectively managed by Kate, went bust owing numerous thousands of pounds to financial institutions, consisting of a big bill to HMRC.

Kate has actually been hectic promoting her various work projects as her financial obligations loom over her however it's not the very first time the broadcaster has actually had to handle monetary troubles.

In 2012, two other companies collectively controlled 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 financial institutions, and ₤ 462,808 in '3rd party 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 . Derek and Kate were both personally owed ₤ 24,000 each by the organization.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate may need to offer the home to repay her existing debts with one source stating: 'It has cost numerous thousands of pounds to look after Derek and do whatever she could to get him better but it's left her struggling.'

But hard-working Kate has actually been on a self-promotion blitz amidst 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.
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She has also been teasing her finalizing in possibly one of the most anticipated 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 revealed as the host of a new Dubai-set podcast and YouTube series - DXB Unheard.

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

She shot the series in 2015 and has confessed that she found it 'interesting' to discover how people lived their lives at a time when she was considering 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 couldn't even manage to have the heating on in October.

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest discomforts due to stress in the middle of partner Derek Draper's COVID-19 battle: 'I believed I was having a cardiac arrest'

Speaking before her husband's death, Kate said: 'Derek's care costs more than my salary from ITV and that is before you pay 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 earn adequate cash to cover my financial obligation because I am managing 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 basics all the time.'

In May in 2015, Kate openly exposed she's resorted to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the substantial costs throughout a discussion about the NHS and private care on GMB.

Sharing the results of a survey that exposed one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into debt while moneying private medical care, she admitted: 'I am doing something comparable myself.

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

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

Addressing the most current HMRC filing, Kate's representative told MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'shocked' TV star 'does not recognise these figures' and is in contact with HMRC to make sure she 'honours what is required'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts after suffering severe stress while spouse Derek was in recovery

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

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

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

'She remains in consistent contact with HMRC to make certain she honours what's needed from Derek's now defunct business.'

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