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Kate Garraway has actually exposed that she still gets up in the the night worrying that she hasn't offered her late hubby Derek Draper his medicine.

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, shown on his end of life care in an honest new interview on Wednesday.

Derek passed away 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 tough years remain in her thoughts.

She described: 'I still get up in the middle of the night stressing that I have not offered him his medication, or that I have actually forgotten to move him every hour to avoid the agonizing contractions in his limbs.

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

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

'The next second I understand he no longer requires 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 resent it, but you suffer because of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts after suffering severe tension while partner 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 couldn't move 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 required to the nearby A&E for tests.

Kate has actually been hectic managing a chaotic work schedule, as the true degree of her debts are revealed.

She has actually openly discussed how she has actually been entrusted to debts in between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after caring for her late husband Derek.

In addition to dealing with financial obligations connected to the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has revealed the large 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 fight with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She discussed: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night stressing that I haven't offered him his medication'

The company, which was jointly controlled by Kate, folded owing hundreds of countless pounds to lenders, consisting of a big expense to HMRC.

Kate has been busy promoting her various work jobs as her debts loom over her however it's not the very first time the broadcaster has needed to deal with monetary troubles.

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

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

At the 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 organization.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate may need to sell the home to repay her existing financial obligations with one source stating: 'It has actually cost numerous countless pounds to care for Derek and do everything she could 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 latest financial woes.

Alongside her regular GMB work, the star plugged her Smooth Radio reveal today, exposing she was 'chuffed' that the lunchtime program now reached 2.8 million listeners.

She has likewise been teasing her signing in maybe one of 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 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 citizens 'who have left an enduring mark on the city.'

She shot the series last year and has admitted that she discovered it 'intriguing' to discover how individuals lived their lives at a time when she was considering her future plans.

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

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

Speaking before her death, Kate said: 'Derek's care expenses more than my income from ITV which is before you spend for a mortgage, before you pay any home bills, before you pay for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.

'I am in financial obligation. I can't earn enough money to cover my debt due to the fact that I am managing Derek's care and I can't even use the money I do need to support Derek's recovery, since it's going on the fundamentals all the time.'

In May in 2015, Kate openly revealed she's turned to withdrawing cash 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 revealed one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into debt while moneying private treatment, she confessed: 'I am doing something comparable myself.

'I have needed to withdraw the bit you can tax free from my pension to pay for belated expenses for my partner, who has now passed away.

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

Addressing the current HMRC filing, Kate's representative told MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'shocked' TV star 'does not identify these figures' and is in contact with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'distressing' chest discomforts after suffering extreme stress while partner Derek remained in healing

Their statement read: 'Kate has met all that the liquidators of Derek's business have requested for and more over the previous 4 years.

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

'Taking care of Derek and supporting her household when Derek could no longer run his own companies has taken a huge financial toll on her however she's determined to put things right.

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

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