Give Kate a break

I FELT sick for poor Kate Garraway when I read last week that she was facing a huge tax bill – potentially more than £700,000 – as a result of having to close her husband’s business after he was struck down by Covid.

Derek Draper’s company was forced into liquidation last year after he suffered catastrophic complications from the virus. Garraway, left, now cares for him round the clock, as well as working non-stop and looking after their children.

The pressure on her is unthinkable. I have no idea how she copes or how she continues to do her work with such consummate professionalism. And now this: the taxman breathing down her neck for a sum of money that frankly would bankrupt anyone and which, given the situation with Derek, she may not even have been aware of. I hope HMRC gives her a break – before the stress of it all breaks her.