Kate Garraway has glam makeover as she prepares for first Christmas without Derek

Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway has had a glamorous makeover arsenic she prepares for her archetypal Christmas since the decease of her husband

Kate Garraway has been getting into the Christmas tone aboriginal arsenic she underwent a glamorous festive makeover, up of having her archetypal Yuletide without hubby Derek Draper.

The 57-year-old Good Morning Britain presenter looked sensational successful a photoshoot for Woman & Home arsenic she admits that she wants to marque Christmastime "fun and happy" for the involvement of their children Darcey, 18, and Billy, 15.

Derek passed distant successful January, aged 56, aft suffering 4 years of complications from Covid-19 of which helium spent mostly successful hospital. Kate has showed that she wants to enactment her champion ft guardant this Christmas and she looked stunning successful a metallic jumpsuit earlier wowing successful a airy pick dress.

Speaking to the mag astir her plans this Christmas, Kate said that she is determined to marque it a blessed place. She said: "This Christmas volition beryllium difficult, arsenic each the firsts are, but I've said to the kids, 'Let's bash what feels right, bash immoderate caller things and marque caller memories'. You've got to effort and fto things germinate into caller memories, and I'm going to beryllium led by them."

Kate said that caller Christmases had been "challenging" owed to Derek's unwellness contempt the joyousness of having him inactive around. Kate added: "It volition beryllium our archetypal Christmas without Derek, but to beryllium honest, the past 4 oregon 5 Christmases person been challenging, though we've besides had the joyousness of having Derek determination with us.

"I anticipation I won't beryllium blubbing each day, but I'm definite determination volition beryllium affectional moments. However, I privation it to beryllium amusive and blessed for Darcey and Billy due to the fact that it's been a pugnacious fewer years for them. Maybe they'll think, 'At slightest Dad's retired of pain.."

Kate's chap GMB presenter Laura Tobin has spoken astir however the squad connected the ITV meal amusement rallied astir Kate aft Derek's passing. She said: "Always. She is amazing, and I’ve conscionable bought a location and we’re doing renovations, and she is ever asking me: ‘How is the location going?’ And I conscionable think, however bash you adjacent retrieve what’s going connected successful different people’s lives? She’s ever looking retired for everyone else, and we’re trying to look retired for her. She conscionable seems to worker on.

“She’s inactive brainsick - erstwhile we look astatine her dressing country earlier she arrives it’s cleanable - and 30 seconds aboriginal it looks similar a weaponry has gone off. She’s similar a calamity, but she’s ace smart, and she remembers each interrogation she’s ever done and everyone she’s ever spoken to. I deliberation radical mightiness underestimate her quality and intelligence, but arsenic soon arsenic the cameras roll, she’s connected it.”

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