Kate Garraway is said to be in bits following the passing of her beloved husband Derek Draper with her friends rallying round the star to support her during this time of "grief and absolute sadness", according to a close pal.
05.01.2024 - 14:35 / ok.co.uk
Kate Garraway has announced her beloved husband Derek Draper has died aged 56, after a three-year battle with Covid-19.
The couple have been married for almost 20 years and share two children, Darcey, 17, and William, 14. Good Morning Britain host Kate, 56, has been by Derek's side during his three-year battle with Covid-19 from adapting their family home to becoming his full-time carer.
The couple first met in 2004 after they were introduced by former GMTV political correspondent Gloria De Piero.
They tied the knot just a year later and welcomed their two children.
Derek previously confessed to Kate changing his life and proposed to her for a second time following her time on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! - let's take a closer look at their beautiful love story...
First date 'wind-up' At first, Gloria urged them to go on a date together, but ironically they weren't keen on the idea. "Gloria pitched a person to me who was the old Derek Draper," Kate recalled to The Scotsman.
"She said 'Oh, he's amazing, he practically runs the Groucho Club, he runs Soho House, he's amazing'", she added. Derek was equally as unsure as he previously told the publisher: "I remember saying to Gloria, 'As if I'd want to go out with someone from breakfast telly!' I bought the stereotype – high maintenance bimbo only interested in glitz and glamour." In the end, they went out for group drinks at Claridges which led to Derek asking Kate out.
Speaking to The Times, Kate recalled: "Derek arrived thinking it was a date and that I was being incredibly cool by ignoring him." However, Derek then asked Kate out but on the day of their date "called to say he had a clash", Kate said. "He’d promised to serve wine at an amateur watercolour painting
.Kate Garraway is said to be in bits following the passing of her beloved husband Derek Draper with her friends rallying round the star to support her during this time of "grief and absolute sadness", according to a close pal.
Kate Garraway is said to be "broken" after the loss of her husband Derek Draper, which she announced on January 3.The Good Morning Britain presenter, 56, has been on an incredibly difficult journey looking after her husband and the father of her two children Darcey, 17, and Billy, 14, ever since he contracted Covid-19 in March 2020. While former political lobbyist Derek went through ups and downs throughout his medical recovery, he sadly died in hospital on January 3 at the age of 56, after suffering a heart attack before Christmas.
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Susanna Reid was close to tears as she read out a special message from Kate Garraway to her fans, thanking them for their support after the sad death of her husband, Derek Draper. Derek, 56, was critically ill after suffering a heart attack over the festive period, brought on after he suffered with complications from Covid-19 for the past three years.
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