Kate Garraway once made a heartbreaking confession about the “last thing” she and husband Derek did before he fell ill.
Derek spent more than a year in hospital in 2020 after contracting Covid-19 at the start of the pandemic. Kate – who is back on screens tonight (August 9) with another episode of Life Stories – has kept fans updated on Derek’s condition.
Derek receives round-the-clock care for his condition.
Kate Garraway and husband Derek
Good Morning Britain star Kate previously spoke about Derek’s “challenging” condition.
The 56-year-old spoke about Derek during an appearance on Giovanna Fletcher’s podcast – Journey To Magic – in March 2023. During the chat, Kate revealed that Derek was “very damaged” – but was making progress.
She also said Derek’s health battle was “challenging” on their two children.
Kate Garraway on last thing she did with husband Derek before he got ill
The star also revealed at the time the last thing she did with Derek before he got really ill. Before Derek got Covid, the family went to Disneyland.
“We went to Disneyland Paris, and I remember as we headed back to get on the train under the tunnel we went into a pharmacy to get some paracetamol or something and everywhere in French it said ‘no masks all sold out’,” she said.
“I remember Derek and I saying to each other, ‘God they’re taking it really seriously over here’ and then we came back and it was literally about two or three weeks later Derek got sick and so it was the last thing we did together,” she then added.
Kate’s latest update on Derek
More recently, Kate was joined by her husband as she received her MBE from Prince William. Speaking on GMB in June, Kate said of the experience: “Derek burst into tears and the lovely thing was, Prince William said ‘how’s Derek?’ and I said ‘well he’s here’ so then we turned around and saw and Derek was very tearful.
“[William] said he wanted to go over but he’s not allowed to leave the rug. There’s a very fancy red and gold carpet that he stands on. It was very emotional.”
Kate Garraway’s Life Stories airs tonight (August 9) from 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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