Emotional Kate Garraway & two children arrive at funeral to lay husband Derek Draper to rest as hundreds mourn loss
HEARTBROKEN Kate Garraway and her two children are being supported by friends and loved ones as they say goodbye to their beloved husband and father Derek Draper at his funeral today.
The family looked distraught as they arrived the the church where Kate and Derek married.
Derek's funeral is taking place in Camden, North London, four weeks after he died aged 56 following a near four-year Covid battle.
Garraway looked heartbroken as she met mourners and watched her husband carried into the church.
She wore a long black coat as she arrived with her and Derek's children Darcey and Billy.
Darcey was a pallbearer and carried the coffin on the front left side into the church.
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Many of Kate's Good Morning Britain co-stars attended the funeral including Ben Shephard, Susanna Reid and Ranvir Singh.
ITV's Lorraine Kelly and former GMB presenter Piers Morgan were also there.
Other celebrities like Sir Elton John, Judge Rinder and Myleene Klass were seen entering St Mary the Virgin Church.
Garraway, 56, often provided health updates about her husband on the ITV morning programme and fronted two documentaries on the channel about how the family's life changed following his illness.
A host of politicians - including Labour leader Keir Starmer and former PM Tony Blair - arrived at the funeral to pay their respects.
Draper, a prominent figure in New Labour in the 1990s who was also an author, was admitted to hospital in December when he had a heart attack.
Garraway announced her husband's death on Instagram, with a post saying: "As some of you may know he has been critically ill following a cardiac arrest in early December which, because of the damage inflicted by Covid in March 2020, led to further complications.
"Derek was surrounded by his family in his final days and I was by his side holding his hand throughout the last long hours and when he passed."
TV star Kate recently put on a brave face as she was pictured for the first time since Derek's death.
The GMB host, 56, managed a smile as she got a hug from a friend.
