Kate Garraway has revealed that she still awakens in the the night stressing that she hasn't provided her late spouse Derek Draper his medicine.
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The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, assessed his end of life care in a candid brand-new interview on Wednesday.

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 difficult years remain in her thoughts.

She explained: 'I still get up in the middle of the night worrying that I have not provided him his medication, or that I have forgotten to move him every hour to avoid the uncomfortable contractions in his limbs.

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

The TV presenter 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 minute of relief - that I did not let him down - before a tsunami of sadness hits.

'Caring takes over your entire life. You do not resent it, but you suffer because of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest discomforts after suffering severe stress while spouse Derek remained in recovery.

She needed medical support of her own after being woken by the 2am alarm she sets each night for Good Morning Britain - and discovering she could not transfer to turn it off.

In her book, The Strength Of Love, the presenter described how she then felt a 'searing discomfort' in her chest and was instantly taken to the closest A&E for tests.

Kate has been hectic handling a hectic work schedule, as the real level of her debts are exposed.

She has actually freely gone over how she has actually been entrusted debts between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after looking after her late husband Derek.
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In addition to taking on financial obligations connected to the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has revealed the large tax costs that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic company 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 get up in the middle of the night panicking that I haven't given him his medicine'

The company, which was jointly managed by Kate, failed owing numerous thousands of pounds to financial institutions, consisting of a big expense to HMRC.

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

In 2012, 2 other firms jointly controlled by Derek and Kate went bust.

Fulfill Media Ltd had financial obligations amounting to ₤ 922,807, which consisted of ₤ 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 service.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate might have to sell the home to repay her current 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 in the middle of her most current financial problems.

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

She has actually also been teasing her finalizing in maybe among the most expected TV programs of year - Celebrity Traitors.

In addition to the similarity Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a couple of weeks ago to film the spin off of the smash hit BBC series.

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

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

She recorded the series in 2015 and has admitted that she found it 'interesting' to discover how individuals lived their lives at a time when she was pondering her future plans.

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

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts due to stress amid spouse Derek Draper's COVID-19 fight: 'I thought I was having a cardiac arrest'

Speaking before her hubby's death, Kate stated: '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 spend for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.

'I am in financial obligation. I can't earn enough cash to cover my debt because I am handling Derek's care and I can't even utilize the cash I do need to support Derek's healing, due to the fact that it's going on the fundamentals all the time.'

In May in 2015, Kate openly revealed she's turned to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the substantial bills during a conversation about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

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

'I have actually needed to withdraw the bit you can tax free from my pension to spend for belated costs for my other half, who has actually now died.

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

Addressing the latest HMRC filing, Kate's representative told MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'stunned' TV star 'doesn't identify these figures' and is in contact with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains after suffering extreme stress while partner Derek was in healing

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

'She doesn't acknowledge these figures and is surprised that it's being provided in this way by them.

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

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

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