Kate Garraway’s daughter Darcey, 18, inundated with support over huge life step

Kate Garraway’s daughter Darcey has been showered successful enactment from fans and friends alike arsenic she heads disconnected to university.

After a hard twelvemonth for the family, with the decease of the Good Morning Britain presenter’s hubby Derek Draper successful January, Kate celebrated the immense milestone for her 18-year-old daughter.

Taking to Instagram to stock a video of their car filled to the brim with moving boxes, the 57-year-old wrote: ‘And conscionable similar that she was off! That tiny helpless babe we brought location from infirmary 18 yrs agone has gone to #uni!

‘Just similar thousands of different parents this play I was playing that crippled of #student jenga trying to get it each successful the car. Thank goodness my beloved Victor #volvo has a monolithic boot!

‘Such an affectional infinitesimal connected truthful galore levels & lad is the location quiet.

‘But Darcey we couldn’t beryllium prouder of you starting this caller section successful your beingness & cognize your Dad is with you each the way. #happymonday everyone! #newchapter #seizetheday.’

In the clip, Kate could beryllium seen trying to acceptable everything successful the car, moving boxes astir to the backmost spot aft the footwear was wholly full.

‘Gold heels by the mode and nary existent books arsenic acold arsenic I tin see!’ Kate laughed, earlier adding: ‘She thinks she’s truthful antithetic to me, but erstwhile it comes to wide chaos and kerfuffle, she’s really rather similar me.’

The presenter’s followers and celebrated friends rushed to the comments to nonstop their well-wishes to Darcey, with Lizzie Cundy writing: ‘Best of luck gorgeous Darcy and here’s to an astonishing adventure. We each truthful arrogant of you.’

‘The escapade begins!!’ Anthea Turner wrote, portion Carol Vorderman said: ‘Wishing your miss each the happiness successful the satellite connected her caller adventure.’

Loose Women prima Denise Welch added: ‘Have a large clip Darcey xxx.’

‘Best of luck Darcey – person an astonishing time!’ Kate’s GMB workfellow Charlotte Hawkins wrote.

Kate shared Darcey and lad Billy, 15, with governmental lobbyist Draper, who died  after a lengthy and hard three-year battle with complications related to Covid-19.

In caller months, the erstwhile I’m A Celebrity prima has been sharing her family’s ways of keeping Draper’s representation alive, including visiting his sedate to archer him the quality of Darcey’s A Level results.

‘Darcey got her results connected different 1 of those firsts this twelvemonth – Derek’s birthday. She didn’t get what she mightiness person done but hey did amended than immoderate of america feared nether the circumstances,’ Kate said.

The TV prima continued to accidental she ‘couldn’t beryllium prouder’ of her girl and said her hubby would person been too. 

Kate past emotionally told fans she and Darcey visited Derek’s sedate to ‘tell’ him the quality earlier going to ‘celebrate with friends’. 

‘So americium conscionable enjoying the unthinkable fragrance combined with the mint & raising a mug of beverage to Derek – darling we did it – your beauteous girl is connected her mode to her adjacent signifier successful beingness acknowledgment to your emotion & guidance and you volition unrecorded connected done her.’

Earlier this week, Billy and Darcey joined Kate connected signifier astatine the National Television Awards to judge the Best Authored Documentary grant for ITV show Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story, which followed the last twelvemonth of her Draper’s life before helium died aged 56.

During her acceptance speech, the presenter dedicated the grant to Draper and NHS carers, and reflected connected however her household were halfway done the archetypal twelvemonth of ‘firsts’ without him, saying: ‘It’s truthful unusual to beryllium present – this one’s for you Derek, absolutely.’

She aboriginal revealed that Billy besides wanted to say: ‘Dad lives connected successful our hearts., arsenic she reflected connected the triumph to Susanna Reid and Ed Balls.

Kate said: ‘It was precise affectional for us. It feels unusual erstwhile radical says congratulations. The kids burst into tears backstage, and Billy said, “I did privation to speak,” neither of them wanted to talk [at the time].”‘

She continued: ‘[Billy] wanted to say, “Dad lives connected successful our hearts,” and I said, “‘I’m truthful gladsome you didn’t due to the fact that that would person floored maine and I wouldn’t person been capable to speak.”’

Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story followed connected from 2 different programmes astir his conflict with Covid and her struggles navigating the attraction system, which picked up NTA gongs successful the class successful 2021 and 2022.

Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story is disposable to ticker connected ITVX. Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am connected ITV1.

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