Derek Draper funeral: Kate Garraway leads procession for husband with Tony Blair and Elton John in attendance

Kate Garraway followed behind the coffin while the procession walked to the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Primrose Hill – where she and Derek Draper married in September 2005.

Tony Blair and Elton John joined other famous mourners at the funeral of Derek Draper, the husband of television presenter Kate Garraway, in London today.

Draper, a former political adviser and psychotherapist, died last month.

He was said to be one of the UK’s longest-suffering COVID patients after catching the disease in March 2020 and spending 13 months in hospital.

Garraway followed behind the coffin while the procession walked to the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Primrose Hill – where the Good Morning Britain presenter and Draper married in September 2005.