Kate will speak on Good Morning Britain’s Christmas Day episode

KATE Garraway will open up on the pain of spending her first Christmas without late husband Derek Draper.

In January, the presenter, 56, lost her partner to complications from Covid that first struck him down in 2020.

Derek Draper and Kate Garraway at the Versace Hotel.

Kate Garraway, Ed Balls, and Susanna Reid on the set of Good Morning Britain.

And on Good Morning Britain’s Christmas Day episode tomorrow she will share an update on how she is coping.

Mum-of-two Kate, 57, tells co-host Susanna Reid: “It’s very raw.

“This time last year, Derek was still alive — very sick.

“We thought it was the toughest Christmas because, weirdly, in 2020 we had a lot of hope he was coming out of hospital.

“I think I am in the early stages of grief.

“The pain is still there.”

Kate, who looked after Derek after he spent a year in hospital, will also shine a light on Britain’s carers on the programme, starting on ITV at 7am.

The presenter and daughter Darcy, 18, attended Piers Morgan’s star-studded Christmas party in London last week. Kate Garraway on the Good Morning Britain TV show.