Kate Garraway has made the heartbreaking decision to close down her husband’s company after it racked up crippling debt following his ongoing health issues.
Online records show that Derek Draper’s Astra Aspera Ltd owes £184,000 including £125,000 in taxes.
A liquidator was appointed on Tuesday to break up the once successful psychotherapy company’s assets.
“It's terribly sad, but Derek can't work and has no prospect of being able to do so in the near future, so Kate thought it best to close it down,” a source told the Daily Mail.
Ms Garraway, a radio DJ and presenter on Good Morning Britain, was appointed director last year.
Mr Draper, 54, continues to battle health issues after contracting Covid two years ago.
The former Labour spin doctor contracted the virus during the first lockdown in 2020 and spent more than a year in hospital.
He continues to need round-the-clock care.
Ms Garraway gave an insight into his health struggles last year, saying: “Covid has devastated him. His digestive system, his liver, his heart, his nervous system.
“We're pretty sure the inflammation did pass through his brain. He is in a terrible state.”
Ms Garraway and Mr Draper have two children together.
The family’s plight has been highlighted in the two documentaries Finding Derek and Caring For Derek.
Recently, Ms Garraway said she found a “new way to be in love” with her husband as he makes his recovery from Covid.
She told You magazine: “I’m not sure that we’ve ever fallen out of love, but I think a new path is emerging, a new way to be in love.
“He puts huge trust in me. He just says, ‘Whatever you think’, which is wonderful, but I do get quite tearful about it. I think, ‘God, I hope I’m worthy of that trust’.”
