A family dinner around the table is such a simple, everyday thing, a moment for everyone to come together and chat through the events of the day.
For Kate Garraway that is no different. What is different is that, while the clatter of cutlery and children’s chatter echo around the room as usual, where her husband, Derek Draper, should be in person, there is an iPad showing him in his hospital bed instead.
Billy, 11, and Darcey, 15, can chat to their dad in between mouthfuls of tuna pasta, and Kate can keep her husband involved in their lives.
It may not be perfect, but it’s what they can do as he continues to battle the effects of coronavirus in hospital. Kate, 53, says: “I’ll prop the iPad up on the kitchen table and the three of us will
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