Kate Garraway has revealed that she still wakes up in the the night stressing that she hasn't offered her late partner Derek Draper his medicine.

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, reflected on his end of life care in an honest brand-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 explained: 'I still get up in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't given him his medicine, or that I have forgotten to move him every hour to avoid the painful contractions in his limbs.

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

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

'The next second I understand 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.

'Caring takes control of 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 extreme tension while spouse Derek was in recovery.

She needed help of her own after being woken by the 2am alarm she sets each night for Good Morning Britain - and finding she could not move to turn it off.

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

Kate has actually been hectic handling a chaotic work schedule, as the real level of her financial obligations are revealed.

She has openly discussed how she has been entrusted financial obligations between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after taking care of 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 revealed the large 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 discussed: 'I still get up in the middle of the night stressing that I have not offered him his medicine'

The company, which was jointly managed by Kate, went bust owing numerous thousands of pounds to creditors, consisting of a big bill to HMRC.

Kate has been hectic promoting her numerous work projects as her financial obligations loom over her however it's not the first time the broadcaster has actually had to handle monetary troubles.

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

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

At the 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 service.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate might need to offer the home to repay her existing debts with one source saying: 'It has actually cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to care for Derek and do everything she could to get him much better but it's left her struggling.'

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

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

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

Along with the similarity Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a few 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 launched weekly, function interviews with Emiratis and Dubai residents 'who have actually left an indelible mark on the city.'

She recorded the series last year and has admitted that she discovered it 'intriguing' to discover about how people lived their lives at a time when she was pondering her future plans.

Kate previously revealed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care expenses eclipsed her GMB wage, 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 hubby Derek Draper's COVID-19 battle: 'I thought I was having a cardiac arrest'

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

'I owe money. I can't make sufficient 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 recovery, because it's going on the fundamentals all the time.'

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

Sharing the outcomes of a survey that exposed one in 5 Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while funding private treatment, she confessed: 'I am doing something similar myself.

'I have needed to withdraw the bit you can tax free from my pension to spend for belated bills for my partner, who has now passed away.

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

Addressing the current HMRC filing, Kate's representative told MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'stunned' TV star 'doesn't acknowledge these figures' and is in contact with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is needed'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'distressing' chest discomforts after suffering severe stress while partner Derek remained in recovery

Their declaration checked out: 'Kate has actually 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 shocked that it's being presented in this method by them.

'Caring for Derek and supporting her household when Derek might no longer run his own companies has actually taken a huge monetary toll on her however she's figured out to put things right.
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'She remains in continuous contact with HMRC to ensure she honours what's needed from Derek's now defunct company.'

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