Kate Garraway emotional after crying D-Day soldier's words during Good Morning Britain broadcast
06.06.2024 - 08:51
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Kate Garraway was seen sharing an emotional moment on Good Morning Britain as she held hands with a crying soldier as they remembered her late husband, Derek Draper, amid D-Day commemorations in Normandy.
The presenter was reporting live from Ver-Sur-Mer while Ed Balls and Charlotte Hawkins spoke to her from the London-based studio. She was seen during the early preparations of events to mark the day's 80th anniversary, remembering all of those who had lost their lives in the war, as veterans themselves arrived.
Kate explained how a number of surviving veterans and heroes had travelled to be at the 80th anniversary of D-Day, which takes play on Thursday (June 6), with one of them being 100-year-old John Life who the presenter was seen speaking to.
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The 54-year-old said: "The passion with which he wanted to make this journey because he knew he may not see another D-Day commemoration was overwhelming. And I sat down with him amongst those gravestones to speak with him about his memories of that day."
The ITV show cut to a clip of John speaking as he recalled landing on the beach and he became emotional as he remembered what happened on Sword Beach. Kate then thanked the former soldier for everything he had done for the country, describing him as "amazing".
It was when the clip ended that Kate revealed: "One of the first things he said was 'I'm so sorry for your loss' to me, about the passing of Derek, my husband.And the idea that he knew that and thought of that with all that he had been through, I just said to him