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

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, reviewed his end of life care in an honest 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 informed of how those hard years remain in her thoughts.

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

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

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

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

'Caring takes over your whole life. You don't begrudge it, but you suffer because of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts after suffering extreme tension while partner Derek was in healing.

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 could not transfer to turn it off.

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

Kate has been busy managing a hectic work schedule, as the real degree of her financial obligations are revealed.

She has freely talked about how she has been left with debts in between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after looking after her late partner Derek.

As well as tackling debts associated with the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses for his care, a new liquidator's report has revealed the big tax expenses 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 battle with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She described: 'I still wake up in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't provided him his medication'

The business, which was collectively controlled by Kate, went bust owing numerous thousands of pounds to financial institutions, consisting of a big bill to HMRC.

Kate has been hectic promoting her different work jobs as her debts tower above her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has needed to handle financial concerns.

In 2012, 2 other companies jointly managed by Derek and Kate folded.

Fulfill Media Ltd had debts totalling ₤ 922,807, which included ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade financial institutions, and ₤ 462,808 in 'third 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 organization.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate may have to offer the home to repay her current debts with one source stating: 'It has cost hundreds of countless pounds to look after Derek and do everything she could to get him better however it's left her having a hard time.'

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

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

She has actually likewise been teasing her signing in maybe among the most expected TV shows 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 blockbuster 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 released weekly, feature interviews with Emiratis and Dubai homeowners 'who have left an enduring mark on the city.'

She recorded the series last year and has actually admitted that she found it 'fascinating' to about how people lived their lives at a time when she was considering her future strategies.

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

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest discomforts due to tension in the middle of other half Derek Draper's COVID-19 fight: 'I believed I was having a heart attack'

Speaking before her hubby's death, Kate said: 'Derek's care expenses more than my income 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 make adequate money to cover my financial obligation since I am handling Derek's care and I can't even use the cash I do have to support Derek's recovery, because it's going on the essentials all the time.'

In May last year, Kate candidly revealed she's resorted to withdrawing cash from her pension pot to pay the huge costs during 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 funding private treatment, she confessed: 'I am doing something similar myself.

'I have needed to withdraw the bit you can tax complimentary from my pension to pay for belated bills for my hubby, who has actually now died.

'People are needing to do things - it wasn't a huge pension in the first location - which aren't what they conserved 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 make certain she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains after suffering extreme tension while hubby Derek was in recovery

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

'She does not acknowledge these figures and is surprised that it's existing 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 make sure she honours what's required from Derek's now defunct company.'

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