Kate Garraway opens up over husband Derek Draper's final hours – calling it a 'huge honour'

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Kate Garraway has shared her feelings of gratitude for being able to be with her late husband in his final hours after he sadly passed away at the age of 56 on January 3, after battling multiple health complications due to coronavirus.The Good Morning Britain presenter opened up on her husband, Derek Draper, a former political lobbyist turned author and psychologist, during an interview on LBC on Friday 16 February.

She had previously revealed that she held his hand "throughout the last long hours and when he passed' after suffering a cardiac arrest before Christmas.

During the interview, she said: "I wanted him to know I wasn't giving up because if you are trapped as they believe he was, inside a body that was very damaged and failing, I didn't want him to think that we were departing him." She went on to say: "He lived on and on through situations that they didn't think he could.

So, I think there is a little bit of peace, but there is also a sense of unreality about it. I think that it was huge honour for me, actually.