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Kate Garraway has actually exposed that she still gets up in the the night stressing that she hasn't given her late partner Derek Draper his medicine.
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The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, assessed his end of life care in an honest 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 tough years remain in her thoughts.

She discussed: 'I still get up in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't provided him his medicine, or that I have forgotten to move him every hour to avoid the agonizing contractions in his limbs.

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

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, assessed his end of life care in a candid 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 control of your entire life. You do not resent it, but you suffer due to the fact that of it.'

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

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

In her book, The Strength Of Love, the speaker explained how she then felt a 'searing discomfort' in her chest and was immediately taken to the nearby A&E for tests.

Kate has actually been busy handling a stressful work schedule, as the true extent of her financial obligations are revealed.

She has actually honestly talked about how she has actually been entrusted financial obligations between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after taking care of her late spouse Derek.

Along with taking on debts associated with the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has exposed the large tax costs that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic company Astra Aspera.

Derek died 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 provided him his medicine'

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

Kate has been hectic promoting her numerous work tasks as her debts loom over her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has needed to handle financial troubles.

In 2012, two other firms jointly controlled by Derek and Kate failed.

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

At the exact 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 business.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate might have to sell the home to repay her current financial obligations with one source saying: 'It has cost numerous thousands of pounds to look after Derek and do whatever she might to get him better but it's left her struggling.'

But hard-working Kate has actually been on a self-promotion blitz in the middle of her newest financial troubles.

Alongside her regular GMB work, the star plugged her Smooth Radio show this week, exposing 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 programs of year - Celebrity Traitors.

In addition to 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 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 eight episodes, which are released weekly, function interviews with Emiratis and Dubai homeowners 'who have left an enduring mark on the city.'

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

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

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains due to tension amid spouse Derek Draper's COVID-19 battle: 'I believed I was having a heart attack'

Speaking before her partner's death, Kate stated: 'Derek's care costs more than my wage from ITV which 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 am in financial obligation. I can't make adequate cash to cover my debt due to the fact that I am handling Derek's care and I can't even utilize the cash I do need to support Derek's recovery, since it's going on the fundamentals all the time.'

In May last year, Kate candidly exposed she's resorted to withdrawing cash from her pension pot to pay the substantial costs throughout a discussion about the NHS and private care on GMB.

Sharing the outcomes of a study that revealed one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into debt while moneying personal treatment, she admitted: 'I am doing something similar myself.

'I have had to withdraw the bit you can tax totally free from my pension to pay for belated expenses 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 saved for.'

Addressing the current HMRC filing, Kate's spokesperson informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'shocked' TV star 'does not recognise these figures' and touches with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is needed'.

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

Their statement read: 'Kate has actually fulfilled all that the liquidators of Derek's company have actually requested and more over the previous 4 years.

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

'Caring for Derek and supporting her household when Derek might no longer run his own businesses has actually taken a big financial toll on her however she's determined 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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