Kate Garraway looked in very high spirits as she enjoyed a festive family day out with her teenage children, Darcey and Billy, at Winter Wonderland in London on Wednesday.
The broadcaster, 58, was all smiles as she played several games with her children before securing a large elephant teddy as her prize.
For the festive family outing, Kate wrapped up warm in a cream faux-fur coat and a matching knitted beanie.
Meanwhile, her daughter Darcey, 19, donned a beige puffer jacket and a multi-coloured striped scarf, joining her mother for a ball game.
Her brother Billy sported a blue puffer coat paired with a grey hoody as he joined his mother on a laser game.
Kate beamed from ear to ear as the duo spent quality time together, competing with each other in competitive games.
Kate Garraway looked in very high spirits as she enjoyed a festive family day out with her teenage children, Darcey and Billy, at Winter Wonderland in London on Wednesday
The broadcaster, 58, was all smiles as she played several games with her children before securing a large elephant teddy as her prize
The family spent hours hopping on rides at the theme park. However, Kate opted for keeping her feet firmly on the ground, watching her children brave the park’s rollercoaster rides.
In one moment, Kate could be seen screaming and raising her fists, clearly over the moon with winning a large prize.
While another shot shows Kate and her pal living their best lives on a merry-go-round.
The star was all smiles as she struck a series of poses for the cameras while enjoying the ride.
The family outing comes after Kate shared an update on dating again following the death of her husband Derek Draper, as she asked Jamie Laing to find her a ‘single dad’.
Derek, who is the father of Kate’s two children, Darcey and William, passed away aged 56 after suffering Covid complications in January last year.
During an interview with Jamie on his Great Company podcast, Kate spoke about finding love again but admitted she doesn’t think ‘anyone would want her’.
When asked about the possibility of dating again, Kate said: ‘Well, I wouldn’t like to think that I’d never had romantic love in my life again.
For the festive family outing, Kate wrapped up warm in a cream faux-fur coat and a matching knitted beanie
Meanwhile, her daughter Darcey, 19, donned a beige puffer jacket and a multi-coloured striped scarf, joining her mother for a ball game
Her brother Billy sported a blue puffer coat paired with a grey hoody as he joined his mother on a laser game
Kate beamed from ear to ear as the duo spent quality time together, competing with each other in competitive games
‘I think that would be rather a sad way to go through life, wouldn’t it? But, no, I’m not there yet. I don’t know if anybody would want me, Jamie.’
Kate then quipped: ‘Talk to your mates, find out if any of their dads are single, that’s your task, Jamie.’
Jamie then asked her if she’s used a dating app, and she said: ‘No, course not. I don’t think I’ve ever really dated because everyone keeps asking me about dating, and I don’t think I’ve ever dated in that way that you guys do.
‘I think it’s an uncomfortable thing to do to go and meet someone you’ve never met. I just end up interviewing them and struggling to get a word in edgeways.’
She continued: ‘I’m of the old school where you lived life, did things you loved and then met people along the way. But maybe that doesn’t happen anymore.’
Derek suffered a heart attack in 2023 after years of poor health, after being diagnosed with Covid in March 2020.
In September this year, almost two years since his passing, Kate first discussed getting back into the dating game.
She told The Sun: ‘I don’t feel as if I can. It’s a weird one, because I wouldn’t like to think I’d spend the rest of my life without love, but also it feels preposterous at the moment to think of being with anyone else.
The family spent hours hopping on rides at the theme park. However, Kate opted for keeping her feet firmly on the ground, watching her children brave the park’s rollercoaster rides
In one moment, Kate could be seen screaming and raising her fists, clearly over the moon with winning a large prize
While another shot shows Kate and her pal living their best lives on a merry-go-round
The star was all smiles as she struck a series of poses for the cameras while enjoying the ride
‘What Derek and I loved was our home life and just pottering around, and we had 21 years of that, so mentally I am still in that zone.
‘However, I do realise that, when the time is right, I am not going to meet someone in my living room, so I’m going to have to think about the future at some point.’
Kate was forced to sell the marital home she shared with Derek as she battles with debts of £800,000 after caring for her late husband.
Last month, it was revealed that she had finally sold her home for £1.7 million.
The Land Registry website has confirmed the sale of the Georgian terrace in Islington, north London, which Kate bought with Derek for £550,000 in May 2004.
There was a mortgage taken out on the property with the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2016. If this was no more than what Kate and Derek paid for the luxury pad, then Kate should make a healthy profit of over £1 million minus taxes.
Kate and Derek lived in a five-bed home in Muswell Hill while she rented out the Islington property for £6,750, which was advertised on Open Rent.
It features three bedrooms and two bathrooms over three floors, a private garden and a rooftop.
The sale will be welcome news for Kate, who was left owing £800,000 for the care of Derek.
It’s not clear from reports if this is a personal or company debt – and, thus, who is liable.
The family outing comes after Kate shared an update on dating again following the death of her husband Derek Draper, as she asked Jamie Laing to find her a ‘single dad’
Derek, who is the father of Kate’s two children, Darcey and William, passed away aged 56 after suffering Covid complications in January last year (Derek and Kate pictured 2019)
Last year, there were reports that Kate may have to sell her home to repay the debts, with one source saying: ‘It is so sad for Kate.
‘Not only has she had to watch her beloved husband suffer for almost four years, but her financial worries have never been far away from her thoughts.
‘It has cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to look after Derek and do everything she could to get him better, but it’s left her struggling.
‘The house is about all she has left financially, and she is now facing up to the fact it might have to be sold.’
To add to Kate’s financial mire, three of the couple’s businesses went bust owing over £1.5million – much of that to the taxman.
Derek’s psychotherapy firm, Astra Aspera Ltd – which was jointly controlled with Kate – was forced into a creditors’ voluntary liquidation three years ago, owing hundreds of thousands to creditors, including a huge sum to HMRC.
According to the latest liquidator’s report, HMRC has submitted a preferential claim of £288,054.
There are also creditor claims of £196,548 from four other firms, including a £50,000 bank loan.
There will be no payout for any creditor after liquidator fees of £32,000 and 40 per cent of assets have been realised.
But Kate has been paying back some of the debt.
The directors’ loan account was overdrawn to the tune of £139,849, but the liquidator, Greenfield Recovery, hired solicitors, The Wilkes Partnership, ‘to assist in the recovery… and the sum of £21,000 has been received in this report period’.
In 2012, two other firms jointly controlled by Derek and Kate went bust.
Fulfill Media Ltd had debts totalling £922,807, which included £88,486 owed to HMRC, £90,882 to trade creditors, and £462,808 in ‘third party loans’.
At the same time, Countrymouse Media Ltd was liquidated owing £189,121, which included £98,944 to the taxman and £48,000 on an overdrawn directors loan account. Derek and Kate were both personally owed £24k each by the business.
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