Kate Garraway has actually revealed that she still gets up in the the night worrying that she hasn't given her late hubby Derek Draper his medication.

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, shown on his end of life care in an honest new interview on Wednesday.
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Derek passed away at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year fight with long Covid.

Speaking in The Sun, she informed of how those difficult years remain in her ideas.

She explained: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night stressing that I haven't offered him his medication, or that I have forgotten to move him every hour to prevent the agonizing contractions in his limbs.

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

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

'The next 2nd I understand he no longer requires 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 do not begrudge it, but you suffer because of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains after suffering severe stress while husband Derek was in recovery.

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

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

She has actually openly talked about how she has been entrusted financial obligations in between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after caring for her late spouse Derek.

As well as tackling financial obligations 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 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 get up in the middle of the night worrying that I have not provided him his medicine'

The business, which was jointly managed by Kate, failed owing numerous countless pounds to creditors, consisting of a large expense to HMRC.

Kate has been busy promoting her various work projects as her debts tower above her however it's not the very first time the broadcaster has needed to deal with monetary woes.

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

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

At the very 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 company.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate might need to sell the home to repay her existing financial obligations with one source saying: 'It has cost numerous thousands of pounds to take care of Derek and do everything she might to get him much better but it's left her struggling.'

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

Alongside her routine 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 likewise been teasing her finalizing in possibly among the most anticipated TV programs of year - Celebrity Traitors.

Together with the likes of Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a few weeks ago to film the spin off of the smash struck BBC series.

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

Each of the 8 episodes, which are released weekly, function interviews with Emiratis and Dubai citizens 'who have left an indelible mark on the city.'

She shot the series in 2015 and has confessed that she found it 'fascinating' to find out about how people lived their lives at a time when she was considering her future strategies.

Kate formerly exposed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care expenses eclipsed her GMB income, admitting in a 2023 interview that she couldn't even afford to have the heating on in October.

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts due to tension amid partner Derek Draper's COVID-19 battle: 'I believed I was having a cardiac arrest'

Speaking before her spouse's death, Kate said: '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 owe money. I can't make sufficient money to cover my debt since I am managing Derek's care and I can't even utilize the cash I do need to support Derek's healing, because it's going on the fundamentals all the time.'

In May last year, Kate candidly revealed she's turned to withdrawing cash from her pension pot to pay the big bills throughout a discussion about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the outcomes of a study that exposed one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while funding private medical care, she admitted: 'I am doing something comparable myself.

'I have actually needed to withdraw the bit you can tax totally free from my pension to spend for belated costs for my spouse, who has actually now passed away.

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

Addressing the most current HMRC filing, Kate's spokesperson informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'shocked' TV star 'doesn't identify these figures' and is in contact with HMRC to make certain she 'honours what is needed'.

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

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

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

'Taking care of 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 identified to put things right.

'She remains in consistent contact with HMRC to ensure she honours what's needed from Derek's now defunct business.'

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