Kate Garraway praised her teenage children for coping 'brilliantly' with their dad's illness, just months before he tragically died at the age of 56.
The TV presenter confirmed in an Instagram post on Friday January 5 that her husband Derek had sadly died following a lengthy health battle after contracting Covid-19 almost four years prior.
The former political advisor became one of the first people in the UK to fall seriously ill after being taken to hospital with the virus in March 2020.
Derek spent just over a year in hospital before returning home to Kate and their children - Darcy, 17 and Billy, 14 - in April 2021.
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