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AS HER BELOVED HUSBAND DEREK DRAPER REMAINS IN INTENSIVE CARE KATE GARRAWAY ON GLIMMERS OF HOPE DURING THIS HEARTBREAKING CRISIS AND WHY SHE PLANS TO RETURN TO ‘GOOD MORNING BRITAIN’

‘I focus on positive things: Derek’s still here and there are flickers of him getting stronger. I believe he’ll get better’

Kate Garraway is deep in thought as she strolls around her idyllic garden, taking in the sights and scents of the burgeoning fruit, flowers and vegetables that she and her children, Darcey, 14, and Billy, 11 this month, have so lovingly nurtured during the most traumatic period of their lives.

“This garden has helped keep me sane,” the Good Morning Britain ( GMB ) host tells HELLO! in this exclusive interview and photoshoot at her home in North London. “It’s such a calm, soothing environment and while we plant and water, our feelings come out naturally and we talk about what’s on our minds.

“This way is so much better than me asking bluntly: Are you worried about Dad?’” continues Kate, 53, whose husband Derek Draper is in intensive care after being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 in March.

“Our only wish is for him to come home and to see him sitting in his favourite chair in the

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