Kate Garraway has revealed that she still awakens in the the night panicking that she hasn't given her late husband 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 difficult years remain in her ideas.

She described: 'I still wake up in the middle of the night worrying that I have not provided him his medication, or that I have actually forgotten to move him every hour to prevent the agonizing contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has actually exposed that she still awakens in the the night panicking that she hasn't offered her late other half Derek Draper his medication

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

'The next 2nd I understand 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 control of your whole life. You don't begrudge it, however you suffer due to the fact that of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest after suffering extreme stress while spouse Derek was 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 discovering she could not relocate to turn it off.

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

Kate has actually been busy managing a busy work schedule, as the true extent of her debts are exposed.

She has freely discussed how she has been entrusted financial obligations between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after looking after her late partner Derek.

As well as tackling debts related to the ₤ 16,000 a month costs for his care, a new liquidator's report has actually 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 explained: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't given him his medication'

The company, which was jointly controlled by Kate, went bust owing hundreds of thousands of pounds to lenders, consisting of a big costs to HMRC.

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

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

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

At the same time, Countrymouse Media Ltd, was liquidated owing ₤ 189,121, which 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 offer the home to repay her current financial obligations with one source stating: 'It has actually cost numerous countless pounds to care for Derek and do whatever she might to get him better but it's left her struggling.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

She filmed the series last year and has admitted that she discovered it 'intriguing' to learn more about how people lived their lives at a time when she was considering her future strategies.

Kate previously revealed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care costs eclipsed her GMB income, confessing 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 amidst spouse Derek Draper's COVID-19 fight: 'I believed I was having a heart attack'

Speaking before her other half's death, Kate stated: 'Derek's care costs more than my salary 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 earn adequate money to cover my financial obligation because I am managing 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 fundamentals all the time.'

In May in 2015, Kate openly revealed she's resorted to withdrawing cash from her pension pot to pay the big expenses throughout a discussion about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the results of a study that revealed one in five Brits are getting themselves into debt while moneying private healthcare, she confessed: 'I am doing something comparable myself.

'I have actually needed to withdraw the bit you can tax free from my pension to spend for belated bills for my other half, 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 spokesperson told MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'stunned' TV star 'doesn't identify these figures' and touches with HMRC to make certain she 'honours what is required'.

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

Their declaration 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 recognise these figures and is shocked that it's existing in this way by them.

'Caring for Derek and supporting her family when Derek might no longer run his own organizations has actually taken a substantial financial toll on her however she's identified to put things right.

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

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