Kate Garraway has actually exposed that she still awakens in the the night panicking that she hasn't provided her late hubby Derek Draper his medication.

The TV speaker 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 fight with long Covid.

Speaking in The Sun, she told of how those difficult years stay in her thoughts.

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

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

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, assessed his end of life care in an honest 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 control of your whole life. You don't begrudge it, however you suffer because of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest discomforts after suffering extreme tension while other half Derek was in recovery.

She needed medical assistance of her own after being woken by the 2am alarm she sets each night for Good Morning Britain - and finding she couldn't move to turn it off.

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

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

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

In addition to tackling debts connected to the ₤ 16,000 a month costs for his care, a new liquidator's report has actually exposed the big tax expenses that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic business Astra Aspera.

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

She explained: 'I still wake up in the middle of the night worrying that I have not provided him his medicine'

The company, which was jointly managed by Kate, failed owing numerous countless pounds to creditors, including a big expense to HMRC.

Kate has actually been hectic promoting her numerous work tasks as her debts tower above her however it's not the very first time the broadcaster has needed to deal with monetary concerns.

In 2012, 2 other firms jointly managed 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 creditors, and ₤ 462,808 in '3rd party loans'.

At the same time, 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 organization.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate may need to offer the home to repay her existing financial obligations with one source stating: 'It has cost hundreds of countless pounds to care for Derek and do whatever she could to get him better but it's left her struggling.'

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

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

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

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

She filmed the series last year and has actually admitted that she found it 'intriguing' to learn more about how people lived their lives at a time when she was contemplating her future strategies.

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

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts due to tension in the middle of hubby Derek Draper's COVID-19 battle: 'I thought I was having a cardiovascular disease'

Speaking before her partner's death, Kate stated: 'Derek's care expenses more than my income from ITV and that is before you spend for a mortgage, before you pay any household 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 due to the fact that I am managing Derek's care and I can't even utilize the money I do have to support Derek's healing, since it's going on the essentials all the time.'

In May in 2015, Kate candidly revealed she's turned to withdrawing cash from her pension pot to pay the substantial costs throughout a discussion about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the outcomes of a survey that revealed one in five Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while funding personal healthcare, she admitted: 'I am doing something similar myself.

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

'People are having 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 'shocked' TV star 'does not acknowledge these figures' and touches with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest discomforts after suffering extreme tension while husband Derek was in healing

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

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

'Taking care of Derek and supporting her household when Derek might no longer run his own businesses has taken a big financial toll on her however she's determined to put things right.
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'She is in consistent contact with HMRC to make sure she honours what's needed from Derek's now defunct company.'

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