Kate Garraway supported by her children at NTAs as they make emotional appearance for Derek Draper documentary
KATE Garraway was joined by her children Darcey, 17, and Billy, 11, at the National Television Awards this evening.
The Good Morning Britain anchor is up for a gong for her latest documentary on her late husband Derek Draper, who died aged 56 at the start of the year.
Kate, 57, is hoping to secure a hat-trick in the best authored documentary category as she has been nominated for the prize again, this time for Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story.
The programme followed the final year of her husband Derek’s life, before he died in January aged 56, after a lengthy battle with the long-term effects of Covid.
It follows on from two other programmes about his battle with Covid and her struggles navigating the care system, which both picked up NTA gongs in the category in 2021 and 2022.
Her children supported her as she arrived at the bash before finding out if they had won.
The star admitted she was feeling emotional yesterday as it would have been her 20th wedding anniversary to Derek.
She also encouraged fans to vote for the film ahead of tomorrow’s National Television Awards.
Kate opened up on the heart-wrenching documentary being nominated for an NTA this year.
She said on the morning programme: “I really hope people vote for it as well – it’s a different category from you Martin, so no competition there.”
She added: “I got such a lot of backlash for doing it [the documentary] from people going ‘stop going on about this.’
“But actually I realised I am letting people down for not mentioning it.”