Kate Garraway has revealed that she still awakens in the the night worrying that she hasn't offered her late other half Derek Draper his medicine.

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, assessed his end of life care in a candid 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 tough years remain in her thoughts.

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

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

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, assessed his end of life care in an honest 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 sadness hits.

'Caring takes over your entire life. You do not begrudge it, however you suffer due to the fact that of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest pains after suffering severe stress while spouse Derek was in healing.

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

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

She has actually openly gone over how she has actually been left with financial obligations between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after taking care of her late other half Derek.

As well as tackling debts related to the ₤ 16,000 a month costs for his care, a new liquidator's report has exposed the big tax costs 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 explained: 'I still get up in the middle of the night worrying that I have not provided him his medicine'

The business, which was collectively managed by Kate, folded owing hundreds of thousands of pounds to lenders, including a large bill to HMRC.

Kate has actually been hectic promoting her numerous work jobs as her financial obligations loom over her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has had to deal with financial woes.
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In 2012, 2 other companies jointly managed 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 lenders, and ₤ 462,808 in 'third celebration loans'.

At the exact same time, 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 business.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate may need to sell the home to repay her existing debts with one source stating: 'It has actually cost numerous countless pounds to take care of Derek and do whatever she might to get him much better however it's left her struggling.'

But hard-working Kate has been on a self-promotion blitz in the middle of her latest financial issues.

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

She has also been teasing her signing in perhaps one of the most awaited TV shows of year - Celebrity Traitors.

In addition to the similarity Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a couple of 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 released weekly, feature interviews with Emiratis and Dubai residents 'who have left an enduring mark on the city.'

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

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

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains due to stress amid husband Derek Draper's COVID-19 fight: 'I thought I was having a heart attack'

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

'I am in debt. I can't make enough money to cover my debt because I am handling Derek's care and I can't even utilize the cash I do have to support Derek's healing, due to the fact that it's going on the essentials all the time.'

In May last year, Kate candidly revealed she's resorted to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the huge costs throughout a conversation about the NHS and private care on GMB.
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Sharing the outcomes of a study that revealed one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into debt while funding private healthcare, 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 expenses for my other half, who has now died.

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

Addressing the most current HMRC filing, Kate's spokesperson told MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'shocked' TV star 'doesn't acknowledge these figures' and touches with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is required'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'distressing' chest discomforts after suffering extreme tension while hubby Derek remained in recovery

Their declaration read: 'Kate has fulfilled all that the liquidators of Derek's company have actually requested for and more over the previous 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 could no longer run his own companies has taken a huge monetary toll on her but she's figured out to put things right.

'She is in constant contact with HMRC to make certain she honours what's required from Derek's now defunct company.'

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