Kate Garraway has revealed that she still wakes up in the the night stressing that she hasn't given her late other half Derek Draper his medication.

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 informed of how those difficult years remain in her thoughts.

She described: 'I still wake up in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't 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 worrying that she hasn't given her late hubby Derek Draper his medicine

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

'The next second I realise he no longer needs that care. There is a minute of relief - that I did not let him down - before a tsunami of unhappiness hits.

'Caring takes over your entire life. You do not resent it, however you suffer because of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest pains after suffering severe tension while partner Derek was 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 finding she couldn't 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 required to the nearby A&E for tests.

Kate has actually been hectic managing a chaotic work schedule, as the real degree of her financial obligations are exposed.

She has actually freely discussed how she has actually been left with between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after taking care of her late partner Derek.

As well as taking on debts associated with the ₤ 16,000 a month costs for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has exposed the big tax costs that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic business Astra Aspera.

Derek passed away at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year fight with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She explained: 'I still wake up in the middle of the night stressing that I haven't given him his medicine'

The company, which was collectively controlled by Kate, folded owing numerous thousands of pounds to creditors, including a big bill to HMRC.

Kate has been hectic promoting her different work projects as her debts tower above her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has actually had to handle financial troubles.

In 2012, 2 other firms collectively managed by Derek and Kate folded.

Fulfill Media Ltd had financial obligations amounting to ₤ 922,807, which consisted of ₤ 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, which consisted of ₤ 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 present debts with one source stating: 'It has actually cost numerous countless pounds to care for Derek and do everything she might to get him better but 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 most current financial concerns.

Alongside her regular 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 likewise been teasing her finalizing in possibly among the most expected TV programs 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 smash struck 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 8 episodes, which are launched weekly, feature interviews with Emiratis and Dubai residents 'who have actually left an indelible mark on the city.'

She filmed the series last year and has actually confessed that she found it 'interesting' to discover how people lived their lives at a time when she was pondering her future strategies.

Kate formerly revealed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care costs eclipsed her GMB salary, admitting in a 2023 interview that she could not even afford to have the heating on in October.

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

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

'I owe money. I can't earn adequate money to cover my debt because I am managing Derek's care and I can't even utilize the cash I do have to support Derek's healing, since it's going on the essentials all the time.'

In May last year, Kate openly exposed she's resorted to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the huge costs throughout a discussion about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the results of a survey that revealed one in five Brits are getting themselves into debt while funding personal medical care, she admitted: '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 costs for my spouse, who has actually now died.

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

Addressing the most recent HMRC filing, Kate's representative informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'surprised' TV star 'does not identify these figures' and touches with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'distressing' chest pains after suffering severe tension while other half Derek remained in healing

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

'She doesn't identify these figures and is shocked that it's being provided in this way by them.

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

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

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