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Rod Stewart, 80, and his wife Penny Lancaster, 54, celebrate 18 years of marriage with a luxurious trip down memory lane
Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster celebrated 18 years of marriage with a luxurious trip down memory lane on Thursday.
The legendary singer, 80, and the model, 54, began dating in 1999 before becoming engaged in Paris in 2005 and marrying in the medieval monastery La Cervara in Portofino in 2007.
After their wedding on 16 June 2007, the couple enjoyed their honeymoon on the Lady Ann Magee yacht, which was moored in Portofino.
Ringing in their anniversary, the couple revisited the memorable locations with a journey on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
Giving an insight into their holiday, Penny shared a photo of herself and Rod in front of the train.
She looked incredible in a pink floral shirt which she teamed with a matching skirt and stiletto heels.
She captioned her Instagram post: 'Entering a bygone era @vsoetrain from Paris where we got engaged to Portofino where we got married 18 years ago, it's totally magical Sir Rod Stewart xxxx'
The Maggie May hitmaker has eight children with five different women, two of whom are sons Alastair, 19, and Aidan, 14, which he shares with third wife Penny.
Rod also has Liam, 30, and Renee, 32, with his second wife, model Rachel Hunter, 55, while Kimberly, 45, and Sean, 44, are from his first marriage to actress Alana Stewart, 79.
Daughter Ruby, 37, is from a former relationship with model Kelly Emberg, 65 and Rod's firstborn child is Sarah Streeter, 61, who was raised by her adoptive parents Gerald and Evelyn Thubron.
Rod's daughter Kimberly showed off her growing baby bump as she made a surprise appearance at the American Music Awards.
The model and her siblings Sean, Ruby, Renee, and Liam surprised their famous dad on stage at the ceremony as he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Kimberly announced in March that she was pregnant with her second child, which will be her famous father's fifth grandchild.
Los Angeles based Kimberly is already a mum to 13-year-old daughter Delilah Genoveva Stewart, who she shares with her ex-flame Benicio del Toro.
The model, 45, and her siblings Sean, 44, Ruby, 37, Renee, 32, and Liam, 30, surprised their famous dad on stage at the ceremony as he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award
Kimberly did not reveal who the father of the baby was, only that she was expecting a son.
Singing icon Rod was so shocked to see his family at the ceremony that he dropped an F-bomb that was edited out of the broadcast.
'I'm so f***ing overwhelmed that you're here,' he said lovingly to his kids, according to reporter at the ceremony.
However, the version that aired on CBS featured a clumsy cut away from Stewart during his cursing to a bizarre shot of audience members, who were holding up their phones to film his speech.
Instead of beeping the profanity, CBS appeared to just snip out the offending word, resulting in a jarring return to his speech mid-word.
Rod said he was 'absolutely flabbergasted' because he had no idea that his children were going to be attending the ceremony, much less giving him a warm introduction.
'I thought you had recorded it earlier!' he said of their introduction.
