Kate Garraway wiped away a tear as she took part in a nationwide applause in honour of the NHS key workers on Thursday night while her critically-ill husband Derek Draper continues to fight coronavirus in hospital.
The Good Morning Britain presenter, 53, joined millions across the nation at 8pm for the 10th week in a row after the event’s founder said it should be the last one.
Kate, who recently shared that Derek’s COVID-19 battle is ‘far from over’, put on a brave face as she joined her children – Darcey, 14, and Billy, 10, outside their London home.
Battle: Kate Garraway wiped away a tear as she took part in a nationwide applause in honour of the NHS key workers on Thursday night while her critically-ill husband Derek Draper continues to fight coronavirus in hospital
Kate’s supportive husband and former lobbyist, Derek, was taken into hospital on March 30 and is understood to be in an unresponsive condition as he remains in a critical care unit.
The star made sure she went all out for the said final clap for carers as she was seen cheering in the street with a toy tambourine.
Kate’s two children sat on their home’s brick wall as they made noise and played on two black drums each.
The presenter put on a brave face as she cheered and filmed her neighbours’ support during the nationwide applause on Thursday night.
Emotional: The Good Morning Britain presenter, 53, joined millions across the nation at 8pm for the 10th week in a row after the event’s founder said it should be the last one
Brave face: Kate, who recently shared that Derek’s COVID-19 battle is ‘far from over’, put on a brave face as she joined her children – Darcey, 14, and Billy, 10, outside their London home
Understandably so, Kate was overcome with emotion over the clapping as she was seen wiping away a tear over the emotional scenes.
While the presenter went on to hug and kiss her two children, Darcey, 14, and Billy, 10, as the family supported each other through the challenging time.
Kate joined a slew of celebrities who took part with Katie Price, 42, also seen outside her new £4,250-a-month rented Surrey home on Thursday night as she took to her Instagram to share a video of herself clapping for carers.
The mother-of-five, who had been joined by her eldest child, Harvey, 18, each week, revealed that her son, who has autism, Prader-Willi Syndrome, is partially sighted and struggles with septo-optic dysplasia, was ‘knackered’ in bed after celebrating his birthday on Wednesday.
The former glamour model, who wore a pink tracksuit and matching sunglasses, went on to perform some tricks with her beloved protection dog Blade as she commanded him to sit and bark for the carers.
Rochelle Humes, who is pregnant with her third child – a baby boy, shared a sweet video of her eldest child, daughter Alaia-Mai, seven, clapping in their sitting room.
Critically-ill: Former lobbyist Derek, 52, remains in a coma as he continues his battle against the deadly virus (pictured together in December)
However, tonight’s salute could be the last one, after the founder of the event called on Britons to concentrate on other ways to support the NHS.
Annemarie Plas told Good Morning Britain that it’s time to move on but praised people who’d taken part.
Although she hopes neighbours will still come out onto their doorsteps to socialise at 8pm tonight, the mother believes it’s now time to concentrate on concrete steps to improve conditions for key workers.
Clap for our Carers founder Annemarie Plas has also said that tonight should be the last clap for the NHS after ten weeks.
Clap: Kate joined a slew of celebrities who took part with Katie Price, 42, also seen outside her new £4,250-a-month rented Surrey home on Thursday night as she took to her Instagram to share a video of herself clapping for carers
The last clap? Rochelle Humes, who is pregnant with her third child – a baby boy, shared a sweet video of her eldest child, daughter Alaia-Mai, seven, clapping in their sitting room
She told Good Morning Britain that it’s time to move on but praised people who’d taken part.
Although she hopes neighbours will still come out onto their doorsteps to socialise at 8pm on Thursday, the mother believes it’s now time to concentrate on concrete steps to improve conditions for key workers.
Ms Plas, a Dutch national living in South London, said she was ‘overwhelmed’ by the support for the cacophonous ritual, but said it was better to stop when it was at ‘its peak’.
As of Thursday there have been 269K confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 37,837 deaths in the UK alone.
Woof!: The former glamour model, who wore a pink tracksuit and matching sunglasses, went on to perform some tricks with her beloved protection dog Blade as she commanded him to sit and bark for the carers