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Kate Garraway fans in tears at Elton John's 'beautiful' tribute to Derek

Fans have reached out in support to Kate Garraway as she revealed an amazing and emotional tribute was paid to her ailing husband Derek Draper onstage by superstar Elton John. The Good Morning Britain host revealed that she went on Monday (April 17) to Sir Elton’s gig at the O2 Arena with her husband who has been seriously ill from the impact of coronavirus.

Kate was wowed when Elton spotted them in the crowd and dedicated his hit song, Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me, to them. The presenter has taken to Instagram to reveal she has found footage of the emotional moment as she shared the clip with her 1.1m followers.

She said: “So this was a moment. Finally found someone who had actually filmed it rather than just burst into joyous tears as we did!!! Still can’t quite believe we were there at all - even hours before we feared Derek would be too weak - but he was determined.

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