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This will be valiant Derek Draper's lasting legacy for those cared for at home as his widow Kate Garraway shares poignant footage, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Kate reveals in Derek's Story on ITV tonight that she is deep in debt after having to pay up to £4,000 a week for her husband's round-the-clock care.
His widow, ITV presenter Kate Garraway, is airing poignant footage from his last few months to expose the underfunding of families left caring for seriously ill loved ones at home. The former Labour spin doctor, who died aged 56 in January after almost four years battling the ravages of Covid, has one more cause to champion (pictured: Draper in ITV's Derek's Story) With the pandemic now over and Derek (pictured, with Kate and children Darcey and Billy) having sadly died, it's a practical way for her to move on and find purpose in everything her family has endured, without appearing to milk the misery
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