Kate Garraway on 'hugely emotional night' at Pride of Britain Awards without Derek Draper

Good Morning Britain prima Kate Garraway talked astir attending the Pride Of Britain Awards without her precocious hubby Derek Draper

Kate Garraway opened up astir attending the Pride Of Britain Awards without her precocious hubby Derek Draper.

Derek passed distant successful January, aged 56, aft suffering 4 years of complications from Covid-19 of which helium spent mostly successful hospital. Good Morning Britain prima Kate and her hubby released 2 documentaries detailing the family's hard travel aft helium archetypal fell sick.

On Monday night, Kate looked retired of this world arsenic she attended PoB without her hubby for the archetypal time. Many stars were astatine the lawsuit to observe the bonzer achievements of the winners, including awe-inspiring children of courage, fundraisers, Community Hero and lifesavers.

Speaking to the Mirror connected the reddish carpet astir it, she said: "It’s ever a hugely affectional night. You’re sometimes moved by the stories successful a bittersweet mode but besides by the courage. I’ve been fortunate capable to beryllium invited POb passim the travel of Derek being sick and this is the archetypal 1 I’ve been to with him not with america and I deliberation determination volition beryllium an other happening arsenic helium ever loved it anyhow arsenic a ceremonial and a show. It’s fantastic to spot however radical combat on."

After his death, presenter Kate took immoderate clip disconnected her occupation to beryllium with her household and aboriginal returned to Good Morning Britain, wherever she admitted it was precise hard for her to bash the documentary but she felt she owed it to others who attraction to effort and assistance them get much support.

"One of the biggest frustrations was that helium felt similar a full failure, helium felt similar an unthinkable load connected the carers, connected the system, connected america and it didn't substance what we said, helium felt that burden, and helium wanted to beryllium a contributor," she antecedently said. "Making this documentary [Kate Garraway: Derek's Story] was his mode of saying 'I'm gonna talk up for the radical that person supported me, the household but besides those astir maine and the radical wrong the attraction system.'"

She added: "It's fantastic to person the accidental to honour him and besides honour the millions. I'm bittersweet due to the fact that I don't person the accidental to attraction anymore but I felt it would beryllium incorrect for maine to benignant of locomotion distant from the caring run that I consciousness I person a work for."

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