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Kate Garraway has actually revealed that she still awakens in the the night worrying that she hasn't given her late hubby Derek Draper his medicine.

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, reviewed his end of life care in an honest brand-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 informed of how those tough years stay in her thoughts.

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

Kate Garraway has exposed that she still wakes up in the the night panicking that she hasn't given her late partner Derek Draper his medicine

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, shown on his end of life care in an honest 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 unhappiness hits.

'Caring takes control of your entire life. You don't begrudge it, however you suffer since of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest discomforts after suffering extreme tension while hubby Derek remained 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 pain' in her chest and was immediately required to the closest A&E for tests.

Kate has actually been busy juggling a chaotic work schedule, as the real level of her debts are exposed.

She has actually openly discussed how she has actually been entrusted to financial obligations between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after caring for her late spouse Derek.

In addition to tackling debts related to the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has actually 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 explained: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night worrying that I have not offered him his medicine'

The business, which was collectively controlled by Kate, folded owing numerous thousands of pounds to lenders, including a large expense to HMRC.

Kate has actually been busy promoting her numerous work projects as her debts loom over her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has actually had to deal with financial concerns.

In 2012, two other companies collectively controlled by Derek and Kate went bust.

Fulfill Media Ltd had financial obligations totalling ₤ 922,807, which included ₤ 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 consisted of ₤ 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 need to sell the home to repay her existing debts with one source stating: 'It has cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to care for Derek and do everything she could to get him 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 most current financial woes.

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

She has actually likewise been teasing her finalizing in possibly one of the most awaited TV shows of year - Celebrity Traitors.

Together with the similarity Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a few weeks ago to film the spin off of the smash struck BBC series.

Meanwhile, in February she was revealed as the host of a new Dubai-set podcast and - DXB Unheard.

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

She filmed the series last year and has actually admitted that she discovered it 'interesting' to find out about how people lived their lives at a time when she was considering her future strategies.

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

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest discomforts due to tension in the middle of partner Derek Draper's COVID-19 battle: 'I thought I was having a heart attack'

Speaking before her spouse's death, Kate said: 'Derek's care costs more than my income from ITV and that is before you spend for a mortgage, before you pay any family costs, before you spend 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 managing Derek's care and I can't even use the cash I do need to support Derek's recovery, because it's going on the essentials all the time.'

In May last year, Kate candidly exposed she's turned to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the substantial costs during a conversation about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the outcomes of a survey that revealed one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while funding private healthcare, she confessed: 'I am doing something comparable myself.

'I have needed to withdraw the bit you can tax totally free from my pension to pay for belated costs for my other half, who has now passed away.

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

Addressing the newest HMRC filing, Kate's spokesperson informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'stunned' TV star 'does not identify these figures' and is in contact with HMRC to make certain she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains after suffering severe stress while other half Derek remained in healing

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

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

'Caring for Derek and supporting her family when Derek might no longer run his own services has taken a huge monetary toll on her however she's identified to put things right.

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

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