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Gemma Jones

Kate Garraway says husband Derek is 'very damaged' and 'can't move or speak'

Kate Garraway has admitted that her husband is "very damaged" three years after contracting coronavirus.

The Good Morning Britain presenter opened up in an emotional interview where she explained that Derek Draper "can't move or speak". The former political advisor spent 13 months in hospital in 2020 before returning to the family home with Kate and their two children - Darcey, 16 and Billy, 13 - 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.

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