Kate Garraway shares 'hope' for first Christmas without husband Derek Draper after children's 'tough few years'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukKate Garraway has admitted she hopes she won't spend her first Christmas without husband Derek Draper "blubbing". The Good Morning Britain star opened up about the upcoming event, another first following Derek's tragic death in January.
Kate announced the former political lobbyist had died, aged 56, on January 5, almost four years after Covid changed his and his family's life forever.
The broadcaster is now determined to make new memories with their children Darcey, 18 and Billy, 15, as they spend their first Christmas without him. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans work out show 'curse' after JB Gill and Amy Dowden dance-off She told Woman and Home magazine: "This Christmas will be difficult, as all the firsts are, but I've said to the kids, 'Let's do what feels right, do some new things and make new memories.' Maybe we'll go to midnight mass on Christmas Eve? "You've got to try and let things evolve into new memories, and I'm going to be led by them.
It will be our first Christmas without Derek, but to be honest, the last four or five Christmases have been challenging, although we've also had the joy of having Derek there with us...
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