Speaking exclusively to MailOnline at The Variety Club Showbusiness Awards, Kate Garraway talks about how her family is adjusting after the loss of her husband Derek Draper.
Derek died in January aged 56 almost four years after he contracted Covid Kate Garraway is determined to create 'wonderful new memories' for her two children as they get used to being a family of three after the loss of her husband Derek Draper in January, according to friends.
Kate arriving in Heathrow with her Darcey, Billy and Derek in 2019. This summer will the first for the family without Derek Derek was amongst the first in the UK to fall seriously ill with Covid-19, being admitted into an intensive care unit as the country entered lockdown in March 2020. Derek died in January aged 56, four years after he was struck down by Covid. Derek is pictured here in
It will be the first summer without Derek. A source close to Kate, who turns 57 on Saturday, added that she was mindful of the huge emotional burden her childrenIn an emotional admission of the couple's dire finances, she 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 bills, before you pay for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.
She said: 'We are entirely reliant on extraordinary carers. But the system in which they work is unbelievably complicated, unbelievably underfunded. Kate made her first red carpet appearance since her husband Derek Draper's death as she attended The Variety Club Showbusiness Awards with Ben Shephard 'Because I had to go and write an email I had to go and make a phone call having to fight the system that should be there to catch you but which feels when you're going through it like it's there to catch you out.Advertisement 'And that's what now I want to be Derek's legacy to fight on for that change.'
Journalist Robert Peston, talent manager Jonathan Shalit, former political editor of GMTV and ex-Labour MP Gloria De Piero and former Sky News political editor Adam Boulton also headed into the church. 'I rang Dr Hilary and tried to get through, he talked to Derek. He said put me back on, I think you need to call an ambulance'Kate and her children isolated at home after she displayed 'mild symptoms'.
On July 8, she announced she would be returning to GMB, after being urged by doctors to 'get on with life' during Derek's recovery. On New Year's Eve she reflects on a 'calamitous' Christmas without Derek, as her house was flooded and she struggled to get a food delivery slot until her pal Emma Willis stepped in to help.Kate reveals she and her children got to visit Derek in hospital over the Christmas period, and it was the first time her family had seen him since he was hospitalised.
On July 6, Kate revealed that Derek had been re-admitted to hospital after suffering a 'downturn,' and in a later interview said she takes things 'day by day.' She then became tearful and looked up as she spoke about Derek, who has been unwell for approaching three years.
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