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    Elton John and Tony Blair among mourners at Derek Draper’s funeral

    by Charlotte McLaughlin Feb 03, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Former prime minister Sir Tony Blair, musician Sir Elton John and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer were among the high-profile figures attending the funeral of TV presenter Kate Garraway’s husband, Derek Draper.

    Garraway, 56, wearing a long black coat and pearl necklace and carrying a candle, left the Church of St Mary The Virgin in Primrose Hill, north-west London, with the couple’s children, Darcey and Billy, on Friday.

    Former political lobbyist-turned-psychologist Draper married the Good

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