MARCH 2020
Kate uncovered she and Prince Charles experienced obtained ‘relatively close’ at the Prince’s Believe in Awards on March 11 – Charles was diagnosed with coronavirus in mid-March.
She claimed: ‘Around the 29/30 March, I came property arrived in and explained [to Derek] ‘god you search unwell.’
‘He mentioned he had a headache, numbness in his proper hand, and was struggling to breathe,
‘I rang Dr Hilary (Jones) and tried using to get as a result of, he talked to Derek. He claimed place me back again on, I consider you will need to get in touch with an ambulance’
Derek, 52, was taken into medical center on March 30 and remained in an unresponsive ailment.
APRIL
Kate and her young children isolated at residence following she shown ‘mild symptoms’.
Kate stated: ‘Derek continues to be in intense care and is however quite unwell. I’m fearful it remains an excruciatingly stressing time.
‘I’m afraid he is nonetheless in a deeply significant ailment, but he is nonetheless right here, which indicates there is hope.’
MAY
Kate stated: ‘The journey for me and my relatives would seem to be far from more than as just about every working day my coronary heart sinks as I master new and devastating means this virus has additional battles for Derek to combat.
‘But he is nevertheless Here & so there is nonetheless hope.’
That thirty day period, Kate and her spouse and children took element in the closing clap for carers
She claimed: ‘I’ll in no way give up on that because Derek’s the adore of my existence but at the very same time I have absolute uncertainty’
JUNE
On June 5, Kate revealed Derek is now totally free from coronavirus but proceeds to struggle versus the harm inflicted on his system
JULY
On July 5, Kate uncovered Derek has woken from his coma but he continues to be in a really serious nevertheless critical issue.
On July 8, she introduced she would be returning to GMB, right after staying urged by medical practitioners to ‘get on with life’ through Derek’s recovery.
She additional that Derek had ‘opened his eyes’ right after waking from his coma, but has been instructed his recovery could get years.
On July 13, Kate returned to GMB for the to start with time given that Derek was hospitalised.
On July 28, Kate disclosed she’d paid out an ‘extra emotional’ very first go to to Derek, and admitted she’s ‘frustrated’ by his slow development.
AUGUST
On August 14, Kate reassured GMB viewers that Derek was ‘still with us,’ but it was ‘a ready activity.’
On August 19, Kate uncovered she celebrated Derek’s birthday with their two small children, and explained the working day as ‘challenging’ for her family members.
SEPTEMBER
At the end of September, Derek reportedly turns into the longest surviving affected individual with coronavirus following spending 184 times in and out of intense treatment.
Kate reveals Derek has misplaced eight stone in the course of his struggle.
The presenter announces she is returning to her Clean Radio show so Derek can hear her voice.
Oct
On October 30 Kate reveals that Derek has spoken for the first time in 7 months, declaring the word ‘pain’ to his wife, who viewed on ‘in tears’ more than FaceTime.
Kate states a day afterwards that her partner no lengthier wants a ventilator to breathe.
NOVEMBER
Kate reveals her family motor vehicle has been stolen in most up-to-date ‘body blow’ to her family lifestyle, as sort-hearted admirers supply their autos to aid.
She claims she feels ‘physically sick’ at the prospect of facing her initially Christmas devoid of Derek.
DECEMBER
The GMB star tells viewers it is her desire to check out Derek on Xmas Day.
She also reveals she missed two weeks on GMB after her children were being exposed to the virus, but thankfully she and the young ones tested unfavorable.
On December 17, Kate has an emotional conversation stay on GMB with two nurses who taken care of Derek when he was 1st admitted to Whittington Clinic in North London.
On New Year’s Eve she reflects on a ‘calamitous’ Christmas devoid of Derek, as her home was flooded and she struggled to get a food items delivery slot until finally her pal Emma Willis stepped in to assist.
JANUARY 2021
Kate reveals she and her youngsters received to take a look at Derek in hospital over the Xmas period, and it was the very first time her family had witnessed him since he was hospitalised.
She also claims she’s banned from looking at him thanks to new limits introduced during the government’s 3rd lockdown.
FEBRUARY
Kate reveals she is not sure how considerably Derek will ‘ever be able to recover’ following warning from health professionals that he might under no circumstances wake from his coma
MARCH
Kate unveiled that was in the course of action of adapting her household to go well with Derek’s requires when he is eventually released from medical center, in the ITV documentary Locating Derek.
The programmed was praised by viewers for providing a heartbreaking search at the extended-phrase outcomes of coronavirus.
Kate also disclosed that Derek has ‘no muscle mass left’ since battling Covid
APRIL
Kate revealed that Derek was ultimately permitted to go away hospital, but would require spherical-the-clock treatment after he was returned household.
May possibly
Kate exposed that regardless of now being household with his household, his conversation talents were being ‘minimal’ and he ‘couldn’t actually move’
DECEMBER
Through an overall look on Piers Morgan’s Existence Tales, Kate uncovered that Derek had explained ‘I love you’ for the initially time.
Just after celebrating Christmas, Derek was also pictured in a wheelchair for the duration of a trip to the pantomime with his family members
JANUARY 2022
Kate disclosed that Derek was ‘very fatigued’ and ‘very weak’ pursuing the household outing, incorporating: ‘I really don’t know what this calendar year is going to convey.’
FEBRUARY
Kate presented a glimpse into the daily struggles of on the lookout right after her spouse amid his battle with prolonged Covid in the documentary Caring For Derek
She also exposed that Derek would die in 3 days if he was left alone to care for himself.
JULY
On July 6, Kate exposed that Derek experienced been re-admitted to medical center soon after suffering a ‘downturn,’ and in a later on job interview said she takes things ‘day by working day.’
On July 20, it was claimed that Kate had pulled out of web hosting Good Morning Britain to be at Derek’s bedside following he took a ‘very serious’ change for the worse.
Recalling the working day, the presenter advised The Solar: ‘At one place Derek explained to me, “This is it, this time. I am gone.” It was just terrifying.
‘His sepsis was gut-wrenching for all of us due to the fact it experienced gone undiagnosed till the position where by it was about to choose his daily life absent once more.’
JANUARY 2023
Kate grew to become overwhelmed as she confronted previous well being secretary Matt Hancock in excess of his handling of the pandemic and his conclusion to go on I’m a Superstar…Get Me Out of Below.
She then turned tearful and seemed up as she spoke about Derek, who has been unwell for approaching three a long time.
Describing general public anger in the direction of him, Kate additional of his choice: ‘This gives the perception you continue to will not get why they are cross. You continue to do not get why individuals are upset. They want to hold you to far more account.’
APRIL
Kate unveiled that Derek was when once more getting treatment in hospital, as she shared the emotional minute Sir Elton John committed a song to the ‘inspiring’ couple.
She shared the emotional minute Sir Elton John committed a tune to the ‘inspiring’ pair, composing on Instagram: ‘Yes Derek has been again in clinic this 7 days & yes there is this sort of a lengthy street forward but #eltonjohn & @davidfurnish you gave the kids & Derek a instant that we will never neglect and has lifted their spirits once more to experience nearly anything is doable.’
It was also claimed that Kate was organizing a vacation across the globe for groundbreaking treatment method in a ‘final hope’ to assist her husband.
May perhaps
Kate reportedly confronted a massive £716,000 tax monthly bill immediately after she was forced to shut her husband’s business two a long time following he grew to become stricken with Covid-19.
The final overall will be settled inside the coming months, with mates insisting she will spend whatsoever is owed.
A mate told The Sun: ‘The figures are terrifying and Kate is of class fearful about all the fiscal pressures, but she has to rely on the course of action.
‘When it comes to an stop, she is identified to fork out back again something that’s owed.
‘It’s no key that Kate has been battling to hold her partner alive and doing the job by some heartbreaking scenarios in her personalized everyday living in the latest years.
‘Sadly as properly as the emotional pressure of Derek’s awful ailments the money load has also been crippling.’
DECEMBER
Derek was left combating for his lifetime soon after suffering a coronary heart attack.
Kate held a 24/7 vigil by his bedside and cancelled all get the job done commitments though the loved ones ‘prayed for a miracle’.
A resource said: ‘It was unexpected and a shock as he experienced been carrying out so well and was in great spirits, looking forward to Xmas at house with the household.
‘This setback has been a substantial blow for his family members and all the persons caring for him. Kate is by his facet 24 hrs a working day and is inclined him on to acquire this newest struggle for his daily life.
‘Derek has fought so quite a few situations, and usually, versus all odds, arrive out the other aspect.’
JANUARY 2024
Kate declared on January 5 that Derek had handed absent.
She claimed: ‘Derek was surrounded by his loved ones in his closing days and I was by his facet keeping his hand throughout the previous prolonged hours and when he handed.
‘I have so significantly extra to say, and of study course I will do so in because of system, but for now I just want to thank all the professional medical teams who fought so difficult to save him and to make his final times as relaxed and dignified as possible’.
MailOnline understands he handed absent on January 3 in a North London clinic.
He is survived by wife Kate and their kids Darcey, 17, and son William, 14.
