Kate Garraway wipes away a tear as she claps for carers in 10th weekly salute to NHS key workers amid her husband Derek’s COVID-19 battle… after event’s founder said this should be final one
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Kate Garraway wiped away a tear as she took part in a nationwide applause in honour of the NHS key workers on Thursday night amid her husband Derek’s COVID-19 battle.
The GMB presenter joined Katie Price and Rochelle Humes as a slew of stars 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.
Katie, 42, was seen outside her new £4,250-a-month rented Surrey home took to her Instagram to share a video of herself wearing pink sunglasses and a matching coloured tracksuit as she tapped a wooden spoon on her pans.
Carers: Kate Garraway wiped away a tear as she took part in a nationwide applause in honour of the NHS key workers on Thursday night amid her husband Derek’s COVID-19 battle
Clap: The GMB presenter joined Katie Price (pictured) and Rochelle Humes as a slew of stars 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
Katie, 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 went on to perform some tricks with her beloved protection dog Blade as she commanded him to sit and bark for the carers.
Rochelle, 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.
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.
The last clap? Rochelle, 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
Cute: The former glamour model went on to perform some tricks with her beloved protection dog Blade as she commanded him to sit and bark for the carers, she also revealed eldest child, Harvey, 18, was ‘knackered’ in bed
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.
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.