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Gemma Jones & Sonia Sharma

GMB's Kate Garraway gives heartbreaking Derek health update during 'challenging' times

TV presenter Kate Garraway has spoken about her husband in an emotional interview, saying he is "very damaged" three years after contracting Covid.

The ITV Good Morning Britain host explained that Derek Draper, who spent 13 months in hospital in 2020 before returning to the family home, "can't move or speak" and now needs round the clock care. He has become the longest-suffering coronavirus patient in the UK.

But Kate, 55, has been with her husband of 13 years every step of the way as he has fought to survive. Speaking to Giovanna Fletcher on her podcast, Journey To Magic, Kate shared some insight into her family life with Derek, and their children.

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