Penny Lancaster has been married to rock legend Sir Rod Stewart since 2007 and the couple have jetted around the world together, but there is one country that has truly captured her heart
Penny Lancaster has hinted at one day quitting the UK (Image: Getty)
Sir Rod Stewart’s wife Penny Lancaster has dropped a major hint that she’s considering leaving the UK as she opened up about their relationship. Penny, 54, and Rod, 81, have jetted across the globe since they began dating back in 1999.
The Maggie May legend popped the question during a romantic getaway to Paris in 2005, and the pair tied the knot in Portofino, Italy, in 2007. Only last year they cruised around the Caribbean on a yacht to celebrate Rod’s 80th birthday with their nearest and dearest.
However, it’s an African country that Penny confesses holds her “heart and soul”.
Speaking on the LNER Routes podcast, Penny disclosed she even tells sons Alastair, 19, and Aiden, 14, that she’s “going to end up there”. Penny said: “Tanzania, that’s one place that really…my heart and soul is there”.
“I said to the boys when we got to take them there the second time round, ‘If you ever want to know where mum is going to end up, this is the place.'”
When quizzed about what draws her to the nation, Penny replied: “It’s the culture, and the light, as a photographer it’s stunning. I first went with Rod, before I had children, and I remember him etching a heart and our initials into a tree.
“Before he said I love you he wrote it in a tree. So it was all very romantic. It was like those movies, kind of whisked away in your safari outfits across the Serengeti, and we said when we do have children, we must take them back and we did.
“We got to learn about the local tribes and the schools and my eldest would love to go back. Not just for the animals but just, it really touched him too.”
Penny and Rod are understood to have stayed at the lavish Mwiba Lodge during their visit to the east African country with their family. The accommodation is reportedly situated within a sprawling 51,000-acre wildlife reserve.
Beyond experiencing Mount Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti, Penny revealed the family had the opportunity to discover more about the Mwiba tribe. Throughout the journey, Penny posted a photograph of herself coming face-to-face with an elephant whilst on safari.
In her Times column, she hailed her Tanzanian adventures as “the best”. She added: “We stayed at the Mwiba Lodge and visited the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, flew over Mount Kilimanjaro, and got up early each morning to watch the animals at sunrise.
“It was wonderful. Rod and I had been on safari before we had kids, so the best bit was seeing it through our sons’ eyes. They were blown away.”
Penny is set to appear alongside Alan Titchmarsh on Love Your Weekend from 9.30am on ITV One. She’ll feature on the programme with Olympian Max Whitlock.
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