Kate Garraway has actually revealed that she still wakes up in the the night stressing that she hasn't given her late husband Derek Draper his medication.

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, shown on his end of life care in a candid 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 told of how those hard years stay in her thoughts.

She described: 'I still get up in the middle of the night worrying that I have not given him his medication, or that I have actually forgotten to move him every hour to prevent the unpleasant contractions in his limbs.

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

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, assessed his end of life care in a candid new interview on Wednesday

'The next 2nd I understand he no longer needs that care. There is a moment of relief - that I did not let him down - before a tsunami of sadness hits.

'Caring takes control of your whole life. You do not resent it, however you suffer since of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest pains after suffering severe tension while husband Derek remained in recovery.

She required medical assistance of her own after being woken by the 2am alarm she sets each night for Good Morning Britain - and finding she could not move 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 taken to the nearest A&E for tests.

Kate has actually been busy juggling a busy work schedule, as the true level of her financial obligations are exposed.

She has openly gone over how she has been entrusted debts between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after looking after her late partner Derek.

Along with tackling debts connected to the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has exposed the big 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 wake up in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't provided him his medication'

The company, which was collectively managed by Kate, went bust owing numerous thousands of pounds to financial institutions, consisting of a large costs to HMRC.

Kate has been busy promoting her different work jobs as her debts loom over her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has had to deal with financial problems.

In 2012, 2 other companies jointly controlled by Derek and Kate failed.

Fulfill Media Ltd had financial obligations amounting to ₤ 922,807, that included ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade creditors, and ₤ 462,808 in '3rd party loans'.

At the exact 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 may need to offer the home to repay her present debts with one source stating: 'It has cost hundreds of countless pounds to take care of Derek and do everything she might to get him much better however it's left her having a hard time.'

But hard-working Kate has actually been on a self-promotion blitz amidst her latest monetary concerns.

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

She has actually also been teasing her signing 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 movie 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 released weekly, function interviews with Emiratis and Dubai residents 'who have actually left an enduring mark on the city.'

She shot the series in 2015 and has actually admitted that she discovered it 'interesting' to learn more about how people lived their lives at a time when she was contemplating her future plans.

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

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest discomforts due to stress amidst other half Derek Draper's COVID-19 fight: 'I thought I was having a cardiovascular disease'

before her partner's death, Kate said: 'Derek's care expenses more than my wage from ITV and that is before you spend for a mortgage, before you pay any home expenses, before you spend for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.

'I am in financial obligation. I can't make sufficient cash to cover my debt because I am handling Derek's care and I can't even utilize the money I do need to support Derek's recovery, since it's going on the fundamentals all the time.'

In May last year, Kate openly revealed she's turned 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 survey that exposed one in five Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while moneying personal healthcare, she admitted: 'I am doing something similar myself.

'I have actually needed to withdraw the bit you can tax totally free from my pension to pay for belated costs 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 current HMRC filing, Kate's representative informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'shocked' TV star 'does not recognise these figures' and touches with HMRC to make certain she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest discomforts after suffering severe tension while hubby Derek remained in recovery

Their declaration checked out: 'Kate has actually met all that the liquidators of Derek's business have asked for and more over the past 4 years.

'She does not identify these figures and is shocked that it's being presented in this method by them.

'Taking care of Derek and supporting her household when Derek could no longer run his own services has taken a big monetary toll on her however she's identified to put things right.

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

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