Kate Garraway is enjoying a family trip to Cornwall after friends loaned her a car, but admits it’s ‘bittersweet’ as she continues to struggle with a £1.5m debt from her late husband’s care husband, Derek Draper.

Kate Garraway has revealed her ‘wonderful friends’ helped her borrow a brand new car as she embarks on a family trip to Cornwall amid her £1.5million debts.

The Good Morning Britain presenter, 57, took to Instagram on Saturday to share a video of her new Volvo packed up ready for holiday.

She turned to show her father and explain that she was going with “about 30 other Garraways” on their annual jaunt.

Kate said she “absolutely loved” her new car, but added it was “bittersweet” as she explained it would have been “perfect” for transporting her late husband Derek Draper.

The political lobbyist died tragically in January after a four-year battle with Covid at the age of 56.

Captioning the video, Kate wrote: “Haven’t had a car since Vickie Volvo was stolen and Percy Peugeot had to return but thanks to some amazing friends who helped me borrow a new @volvocaruk C90 – absolutely love it!!!!!

“Not an advertisement, but a passion! It feels like old times with hands on a @volvocars wheel, though bittersweet as this would have been the perfect car to ferry Derek in and out with plenty of room for a hoist and wheelchair in the back.

“But I know he would agree and he came just in time to take my mum and dad away on our annual trip to Cornwall with ALL the Garraways!

She ended the message by joking that her father was worried about her driving skills and asking her followers for name suggestions for her new wheels.

She wrote: ‘Dad is slightly tense about me, but relieved that he beeps every time near an obstacle! Now you just have to find a name for it?! I hope everyone is having a wonderful Saturday xxx’.

It comes as Kate has been hit with a £32,000 bill from liquidators to close Derek’s psychotherapy business after being crippled by a £700,000 tax bill.

The star was ordered to pay a fixed fee of £32,000, as well as 40% of assets recovered from psychotherapy company Astra Aspera.

Kate has already received debts of £1.5m from the cost of Derek’s care and money owed to the taxman.

Liquidators are now investigating the possibility of any other assets that could be used to pay off the company’s debts, The Sun reported.

Kate previously revealed that she resorted to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay Derek’s huge medical bills.

In an ITV documentary in April, the star admitted she couldn’t even afford to have the heating on in October.

Kate revealed she took money out of her pension to pay Derek’s late medical bills after sharing the results of a GMB survey which revealed one in five Brits are going into debt while funding private healthcare.

She said: “I do something similar myself.

“I had to withdraw the tax-deductible bit of my pension to pay late bills for my husband, who has now passed away.

“People have to do things – it wasn’t a huge pension in the first place – that they didn’t save for.”

Kate previously said she was looking into tapping into her pension fund early to try to fund Derek’s care.

In a recent episode of Good Morning Britain, she said: “It’s only when a crisis hits that you suddenly think hmm.

‘I have experience of this, Derek got very ill in March 2020. I was aware he had some pensions, I had a small one that I knew about.’

MailOnline has contacted Kate Garraway’s representatives for comment.