Kate Garraway says Prince William could relate to her children over 'absent parent'

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Good Morning Britain 's Kate Garraway opened up on Thursday's show about when she met the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at the Daily Mirror's Pride of Britain Awards.

Speaking to hosts Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid, Kate said the royal couple identified with her own family, as her husband Derek Draper spent more than a year in hospital following a horror Covid battle that left him in a medically-induced coma with life-changing damage to his body.

Derek is now back at home as he continues the long journey to recovery, and is unable to speak. Kate said Prince William understood what it was like for her own children Darcey, 15, and Billy, 11, as he lost his mother, Diana Princess of Wales, when he was 15 and his brother Prince Harry was 12.