09 February 2024 , 09:20
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Kate Garraway revealed the sweet request her children have put forward as they deal with their grief after losing their father Derek Draper.
On Friday's Good Morning Britain, Kate opened up on her grief with actor Larry Lamb who lost his brother in 2019. Kate said: “We are not equipped for loss. No one is equipped for it. Nobody wants to be able to face it but we are all going to come against it at some point in our lives."
She added: “I am also trying to help my children and one of the things they have said is that people don’t know what to say to them. They want to help their friends and other people feel comfortable to still have a relationship with them.”
Kate shares Darcey and Billy with her late husband (WireImage)Ahead of next month's National Day of Reflection, GMB reflected on the importance of this day especially for those who lost loved ones during the pandemic. Kate said: “We were talking around this time last year, about the day of reflection and the importance of it and, obviously I'm in a very different place and very aware of the sensations of grief, although also very aware, that actually I'm only at the first stages and there's so many different stages of it all.
"But, particularly aware of how tough it was for those during Covid who didn’t have the chance to have a funeral where they could hug loved ones and all of those things, which is why it's so important to have this chance and this moment.” Larry shared his gratitude for being able to spend time with his brother in his final moments, something which many families were unable to do during the pandemic.
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The EastEnder star said: “My brother Wes would have been quite amused if he had known, he sort of slipped away before it all kicked off. He was very very brave about it and made sure no one was feeling bad for him. He wanted you just to have a laugh and joke with him as best he could.
Kate Garraway opened up on her grief on Good Morning Britain (ITV)“And it was extraordinary for me to be there with him. We'd had a terrible time beforehand. We had drifted apart but that got us back together. It was lovely. I was able to be there with him sitting in his bed. They even rigged up a bed in the corner of the room for me at the Marie Curie hospice and let me sleep in the room with him. We haven't slept in a room together for like 60 years.”
He added: “He looked at me and went [makes kissing sounds] and I said ‘What? You want me to give you a kiss?’ And we just became these two little boys. These monkey’s who used to play together and we had a kiss and yeah, it was lovely. The thing of all those people who missed the possibility of a moment like that, which is just like one of the most important memories of my life.”