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

The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, reflected on 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 informed of how those tough years remain in her thoughts.

She explained: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night stressing that I have not given him his medication, or that I have forgotten to move him every hour to avoid the uncomfortable contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has actually exposed that she still wakes up in the the night stressing that she hasn't provided her late other half Derek Draper his medicine

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

'The next second I understand 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 control of your whole life. You do not begrudge it, but you suffer since of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains after suffering extreme stress while other half 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 finding she couldn't move to turn it off.

In her book, The Strength Of Love, the presenter explained how she then felt a 'searing pain' in her chest and was instantly taken to the closest A&E for tests.

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

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

In addition to tackling financial obligations related to the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses for his care, a new liquidator's report has revealed the big tax costs 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 fight with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She discussed: 'I still get up in the middle of the night stressing that I haven't provided him his medicine'

The business, which was jointly controlled by Kate, went bust owing numerous thousands of pounds to lenders, consisting of a big bill to HMRC.

Kate has actually been hectic promoting her different work jobs as her financial obligations loom over her however it's not the very first time the broadcaster has had to handle monetary concerns.

In 2012, two other companies jointly managed by Derek and Kate folded.

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

At the very 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 company.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate might have to sell the home to repay her present financial obligations with one source stating: 'It has cost hundreds of countless pounds to take care of Derek and do whatever she might to get him better but it's left her struggling.'

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

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

She has likewise been teasing her finalizing in possibly one of the most anticipated TV programs 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 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 admitted that she discovered it 'interesting' to learn more about how individuals lived their lives at a time when she was contemplating her future strategies.

Kate formerly exposed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care expenses eclipsed her GMB salary, confessing 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 husband Derek Draper's COVID-19 fight: 'I thought I was having a heart attack'

Speaking before her partner's death, Kate stated: 'Derek's care costs more than my wage from ITV and that is before you spend for a mortgage, before you pay any household bills, before you spend 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 financial obligation since I am handling 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 fundamentals all the time.'

In May last year, Kate candidly revealed she's resorted to withdrawing cash from her pension pot to pay the huge expenses throughout a discussion about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the results of a study that revealed one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while funding private medical care, she admitted: 'I am doing something comparable myself.

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

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

Addressing the most recent HMRC filing, Kate's representative told MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'shocked' 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 discomforts after suffering severe tension while hubby Derek was in healing

Their statement checked out: 'Kate has fulfilled all that the liquidators of Derek's company have actually requested for and more over the past 4 years.

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

'Caring for Derek and supporting her family when Derek could no longer run his own organizations has actually taken a huge monetary toll on her but she's determined to put things right.
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'She remains in constant contact with HMRC to ensure she honours what's required from Derek's now defunct business.'

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