Kate Garraway makes first red carpet appearance since her husband Derek Draper's death as she poses with pal Ben Shephard at The Variety Club Showbusiness Awards

Kate Garraway made her first reddish carpet quality since her hubby Derek Draper's decease arsenic she attended The Variety Club Showbusiness Awards connected Sunday.

The TV presenter, 56, put connected a brave look arsenic she posed pinch pal and erstwhile Good Morning Britain colleague Ben Shephard at nan star-studded event.

Kate revealed that Derek had died connected January 3 aged 56 aft suffering long-lasting symptoms from coronavirus.

And she made her return to a large reddish carpet arena connected Sunday for nan awards wherever she received nan Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting gong. 

The prima put connected a chic show successful a ray yellowish suit and sparkly halterneck metallic apical arsenic she posed pinch Ben, 49. 

She completed nan look pinch pointy achromatic leather boots and wore her ray tresses successful a bouncy rustle dry. 

Derek was amongst nan first successful nan UK to autumn earnestly sick pinch Covid-19, being admitted into an intensive attraction portion arsenic nan state entered lockdown successful March 2020.

He was 1 of nan country's longest-suffering Covid patients aft being successful infirmary but ne'er afloat recovered aft nan microorganism near long-lasting harm to his organs and meant he needed round-the-clock care.

Derek had attended fewer nationalist events complete nan past fewer years. But he suffered a bosom onslaught earlier Christmas and ne'er recovered.

Derek had flown to Mexico for master curen for agelong Covid connected December 8 but while location suffered a cardiac apprehension and was forced to alert home.

At his funeral, Sir Tony Blair, Sir Keir Starmer and Sir Elton John were amongst those who gathered the Church of St Mary nan Virgin successful Primrose Hill - wherever Kate joined her partner successful 2005 - to bid farewell to nan New Labour giant. 

Journalist Robert Peston, talent head Jonathan Shalit, erstwhile governmental editor of GMTV and ex-Labour MP Gloria De Piero and erstwhile Sky News governmental editor Adam Boulton besides headed into nan church. 

Kate's past and coming Good Morning Britain colleagues were besides retired successful unit to support her connected a tragic day. 

Ben and Susanna Reid were amongst nan first to get followed by Piers Morgan and Charlotte Hawkins.

Derek's girl Darcey helped transportation her father's coffin into nan building while Sir Elton played a 'musical tribute'.

There was besides a reside by friend Sir Tony Blair and nan congregation sang Lord of nan Dance and The Lord is My Shepherd. 

His children near notes connected wreaths connected nan coffin, which said: 'I emotion you pinch each my heart' and 'I emotion you dad'.

Amanda Holden, Abbey Clancy, Kate Garraway and Ashley Roberts were besides astatine The Variety Club Showbusiness Awards connected Sunday nighttime and each put connected glamorous displays.

The Variety Club Showbusiness Awards celebrated 75 years of Variety connected Sunday astatine The Londoner Hotel.

Amanda took to nan shape to big nan glamorous evening to raise money for nan children's charity.

The Britain's Got Talent judge besides presented past years star-studded arena which she was held astatine London Hilton successful Park Lane.

She wore a head-turning achromatic and metallic dress pinch a daring cut-out conception complete her cleavage.