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Kate Garraway has exposed that she still awakens in the the night panicking that she hasn't provided her late hubby Derek Draper his medication.

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

Derek passed away 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 stay in her thoughts.

She discussed: 'I still get up 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 painful contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has exposed 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, reviewed his end of life care in a candid new interview on Wednesday

'The next second I realise 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.

takes over your whole life. You do not resent it, but you suffer since of it.'

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

She needed 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 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 right away taken to the closest A&E for tests.

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

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

As well as dealing with financial obligations associated with the ₤ 16,000 a month costs for his care, a new liquidator's report has actually exposed the large tax expenses that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic company Astra Aspera.

Derek died 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 stressing that I have not given him his medicine'

The company, which was jointly managed by Kate, folded owing numerous countless pounds to financial institutions, including a large costs to HMRC.

Kate has been busy promoting her numerous work tasks as her financial obligations tower above her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has needed to handle monetary issues.

In 2012, two other firms collectively controlled by Derek and Kate went bust.

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

At the exact 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 might need to sell the home to repay her current financial obligations with one source stating: 'It has cost numerous thousands of pounds to take care of Derek and do everything she could to get him better however it's left her struggling.'

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

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

She has actually likewise been teasing her finalizing in perhaps one of the most anticipated TV shows of year - Celebrity Traitors.

In addition to the likes of Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a couple of weeks ago to movie the spin off of the blockbuster 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 shot the series in 2015 and has actually confessed that she found it 'intriguing' to find out about how people lived their lives at a time when she was contemplating her future plans.

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 manage to have the heating on in October.

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest discomforts due to stress in the middle of hubby 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 costs more than my salary from ITV and that 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 am in debt. I can't make enough money to cover my financial obligation since I am handling Derek's care and I can't even utilize the cash I do need to support Derek's recovery, since it's going on the fundamentals all the time.'

In May last year, Kate openly revealed she's turned to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the substantial bills during a conversation about the NHS and private care on GMB.

Sharing the results of a survey that revealed one in five Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while funding personal treatment, she admitted: 'I am doing something comparable myself.

'I have had to withdraw the bit you can tax totally free from my pension to pay for belated bills for my spouse, who has now died.

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

Addressing the current HMRC filing, Kate's spokesperson informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'surprised' TV star 'does not recognise these figures' and touches with HMRC to make sure she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains after suffering extreme stress while partner Derek was in recovery

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

'She does not recognise 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 taken a big financial toll on her however she's figured out to put things right.

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

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