Kate Garraway taking Good Morning Britain break to look after family

Garraway will take a break to help her son prepare for secondary school
George Fenwick21 August 2020

Kate Garraway is taking a break from hosting Good Morning Britain to look after her family.

The presenter, 53, made the announcement on Friday, thanking viewers for their support as her husband Derek Draper remains ill from the effects of coronavirus.

Closing the show, Garraway said she would not appear next week so she could help her son prepare for secondary school.

She said: “I’m actually not here next week, I’m taking a bit of time off to help Billy get sorted for secondary school, Darcey as well, get into school.

Garraway with husband Derek Draper
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“And also Derek, look after things on that.

“I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for absolutely being brilliant since I’ve come back through challenging times.”

Speaking to co-presenter Alex Beresford, she added: “And everybody here – you and Ben and Adil and all the people on and off screen, you’ve been amazing.”

Former lobbyist and political adviser Draper, 53, was taken to hospital on March 29 after struggling to breathe, with doctors eventually putting him in an induced coma on April 5.

Garraway returned to Good Morning Britain in July after taking time off while her husband remained critically ill.

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The couple share a daughter, Darcey, and a son, Billy.

Garraway recently revealed she is writing a self-help book that will address the challenges she has faced while Draper has been ill.

She revealed on Thursday that she started working on her book earlier this year, before Draper became ill.

“I am going to declare that just before Derek got sick I started writing a book,” she said.

“I got a publishing deal, based on well-being and all the things I've learned.

“It was going to be called Good Morning Life: How To Wake Up Every Day And Smile, it's still going ahead, I'm still writing it, but I'm going to include obviously different insight that has happened to me along the way."

Additional reporting by Press Association.