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Annabel Croft says Kate Garraway was grieving her husband Derek Draper for 'a long time' before his death after he battled Covid for four years - as she opens up about her 'horrendous' grief


The former tennis star, 57, married yachtsman Mel, 60, in 1992, but he tragically passed away in May 2023 - eight weeks after being diagnosed with stage 3 cancer.

Annabel Croft has revealed that Kate Garraway would have been grieving her husband Derek Draper for 'a long time' before his death after he battled Covid for four years. Annabel Croft has revealed that Kate Garraway would have been grieving her husband Derek Draper for 'a long time' as she graced the cover of Women & Home Magazine 'After a day's filming we'd all go to the pub, have dinner – it sounds weird, but I'd never really done that – and I remember thinking, gosh this is really fun and normal, and I want a bit more of this rather than getting up and putting on a tracksuit and stressing about whether my backhand is working today.'

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