Rod Stewart, 73, poses with all four sons and wife Penny Lancaster, 47, during family getaway to Malibu beach

He is a proud dad to eight children.  

And Sir Rod Stewart, 73, posed with all four of his sons and third wife Penny Lancaster, 47, as they hit the beach in Malibu, California, in a snap posted to the model's Instagram page on Monday.

All the boys wore swimwear, while Rod opted for a linen shirt and shorts in the fun shot, which Penny simply captioned: 'Family time down in Malibu.'

Alistair, 12, and Aiden, seven, who Rod shares with Penny, stood at the front of the family shot.

The boys' older half-brothers, Sean, 37, who the Maggie May hitmaker shares with first wife Alana, and Liam, 23, whose mother is the rock star's second wife, model Rachel Hunter, were also pictured.

Inside Rod Stewart's former Essex mansion being sold for almost £5 million

It's amazing and looks like it was frozen in time

Pictures online have shown the incredible former home of Rod Stewart in Essex that is close to being sold for almost £5 million.

Copped Hall, which is located in Epping, is currently under offer with Savills estate agents after being put on the market with a guide price of just under £4.73 million.

The property features a stunning boating lake, swimming pool, formal garden, a tennis court, garages and even a full sized football pitch.

On top of that, the six-double bedroom and five-bathroom property is located on 16.91 acres of land on the fringes of Epping Forest - offering scenic landscapes and plenty of space.

Originally, the property was listed on the market for £7.5 million, although it is not under offer for less than £5 million.

As reported by the Mirror Online, Rod Steward's 47-year-old wife told a property magazine: “Rod and I have found ourselves affected by the recent property stalemate thanks to Brexit.

“We can’t sell our old place in Essex, The Woodhouse, despite its unique architecture and strong historical links.

“The hike in stamp duty hasn’t helped – it almost stopped me in my tracks when I recently invested in an apartment just down the road from our new Essex home.”

Images from Savills estate agent now show inside the mansion Rod and Penny used to live in when they lived at The Wood House before moving out.

Rod Stewart sports a foot brace as he zips around LA on a knee walker alongside wife Penny Lancaster

He revealed that he injured his leg after falling on a 'great big lump of concrete' earlier this month.

And Rod Stewart, 73, didn't let his injury hold him back as he zoomed around Los Angeles with the help of a knee walker while out and about with wife Penny Lancaster on Sunday. 

The Maggie May rocker happily rested his brace-clad foot on his new walking apparatus while holding on to his Starbucks coffee in the midst of Bel-Air.

Rod swapped his usual fashion forward looks for a more casual ensemble and donned a hoodie, which paid tribute to his beloved Celtic F.C.

The Hot Legs singer teamed his green and white jumper with a pair of black trousers with a red strip down the side.  

Attempting to remain low-key for his outing, Rod sported a pair of aviator shades while his wife Penny, 47, slipped into a black thigh-skimming mini dress.  

The glamorous model, who shares sons Alistair, 12, and Aiden, seven, with the singer, wrapped up in a matching wool cardigan and swapped her usual high-heels for a pair of flip flops. 

Zooming around: The Maggie May rocker happily rested his brace-clad foot on his new walking apparatus while holding on to his Starbucks coffee in the midst of Bel-Air

Keeping to her designer ways, she shielded her eyes with a pair of chic oversized shades and draped a Gucci cross-body bag.

She worked her blonde locks into a bouncy style, which flashed a glimpse of her drop earrings.  

Earlier this month, the rock legend revealed his alternative choice in footwear was due to a football injury after he fell on a 'great big lump of concrete', while playing with his two youngest sons. 

Healing: The Hot Legs singer teamed his green and white jumper with a pair of black trousers with a red strip down the side

Appearing on The One Show, the Scottish crooner opened up about his injury and explained that the brace was only a 'precautionary measure'. 

Chatting to Rod, Gabby Logan said: 'You are always beautifully attired and tonight is no exception. 

'I can't help but notice though that one of your feet is adorned with a fantastic fur-lined tartan slipper and the other one not so much. What's going on?'

All in the details: Keeping to her designer ways, she shielded her eyes with a pair of chic oversized shades and draped a Gucci cross-body bag

To which Rod replied: 'What do you think? Footballing injury. I was kicking around, I bought the boys an AstroTurf pitch because I don't play much anymore.

'But we were playing the other day and I ran in the nettles to get the ball and trod on a great, big lump of concrete and this is what happened.

Adding: 'It's only a precautionary measure and I'll be fine in a couple of days.'

Injured: Earlier this month, the rock legend revealed his alternative choice in footwear was due to a football injury after he fell on a 'great big lump of concrete', while playing with his two youngest sons

Evergreen and rockin’ Rod keeps it real on new album

When Rod Stewart is in residence in Los Angeles — which is to say, when he’s not on the road or in his native England or in Palm Beach, Florida, where he owns a third home less than 2km up the beach from Donald Trump’s place — the 73-year-old rocker lives in a sprawling and lavishly appointed mansion in Beverly Park.

Tucked safely behind a series of gates, the house has a library and a movie theatre and a garage big enough that a Mercedes and a Ferrari both looked lonely on a recent afternoon. There’s also a soccer field — a small one but still.

Despite all this, Stewart had frugality on his mind as he strolled out on to an expansive back patio holding two bottles of water.

“Got any kids,” he asked, his scratchy voice even scratchier than usual. Stewart’s two school-age children (out of eight total) were with their mother, Penny Lancaster, in London; the singer had flown to LA on his own after calling off a handful of tour dates because of laryngitis.

“Two mouthfuls off the top,” he went on, describing with some exasperation the way his offspring use bottles like these. “Then they just leave them all over. So what I do is I pour them all into one big bottle, then I refill them and screw the tops back on. They never know.”

Rod Stewart, pinchpenny?

“Tight as two coats of paint,” he replied. “I’m trying to prove a point! You can’t just waste things.”

Famously dissolute when he was coming up in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Stewart is big these days on not squandering his resources.

Look at his career in the last few years. At a point when many in his position are coasting with tribute projects or covers albums — records not unlike Stewart’s Great American Songbook series from the early 2000s — he’s recommitted himself to songwriting because he claims he has more to writ

e about now than he did during his 20s and 30s.

Last month, he released Blood Red Roses, his third album of original material since 2013. It’s got folky, soulful tunes about missing old friends and about the pain of parenthood; the title track imagines life aboard a whaling ship en route from Boston to Cape Horn.

And, yes, he knows this isn’t the stuff people come to his concerts to hear. Whenever he introduces a new song, he’s straight with them.

“I’ll say ‘I want you to applaud like you’ve just heard Maggie May or Hot Legs or Tonight’s the Night — any of those’,” Stewart said as he sat on a couch overlooking an elaborate fountain. He was wearing shorts and a white shirt unbuttoned nearly to his navel, and his crinkly eyes were hidden behind a pair of mirrored aviator sunglasses.

“And they do,” he added. Still, his fans’ indulgence is not to be abused. “You certainly can’t do more than one or two a night,” he said.

“But writing is what keeps you fresh — it’s what keeps the adrenaline going.”

Stewart thinks about freshness in terms of how engaged he is in the task at hand. Others around him, though, have wondered if this happily hardworking veteran might be ripe for discovery by a new audience.

After the rapper A$AP Rocky sampled a vintage Stewart vocal for his 2015 hit Everyday, the singer’s manager and record label began assembling an album of remakes of his old classics performed by Stewart alongside various collaborators — precisely the kind of thing, in other words, we’re accustomed to seeing from artists around Stewart’s age. (Elton John, who’s 71, oversaw two such tributes to himself this year.)

We got a taste of one such remake — Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? featuring Joe Jonas’ electro-pop band DNCE — when the acts teamed for 2017’s MTV Video Music Awards. Stewart also recorded tracks with James Bay and Bastille. Eventually the project stalled, at least in part because Stewart’s attention had shifted to the original songs on Blood Red Roses. But as we talked, it wasn’t hard to gauge his level of interest in the abandoned concept.

“I sort of prefer my versions,” he said, which definitely feels like the right opinion. Why waste a Rod Stewart song on somebody other than Rod Stewart? Especially when he doesn’t seem all that troubled by the idea that he’s moved to the margins of the pop conversation?

“Young people look at me and go ‘Why’s he got that haircut’,” he said with a laugh.

As proud as he is of Blood Red Roses, Stewart’s commercial ambitions for the new album are relatively modest: a Top 10 debut in the US, entering at 15 on the ARIA album charts and a No.1 showing at home in the UK, where he says he’s a much bigger deal than he is here — “part of the fabric of the country”, in his words.

Young people look at me and go ‘Why’s he got that haircut’.

Monte Lipman, who heads up Stewart’s label, Republic, said he’s aiming for a Grammy nomination, and that could be within reach, given the Recording Academy’s habit of recognising later work by living-legend types.

Which isn’t to say that’s how Stewart carries himself.

“I like to think I’m still a pretty normal guy,” he said. “Obviously, when you’ve got a lot of money, it changes you. But I do a lot of regular things when I’m with my wife in London. I go round to the supermarket; I don’t send people to shop for me.”

In LA, he enjoys going out for dinner with his adult children — “It thrills me to pick up my phone and see Stewart, Stewart, Stewart, Stewart, Stewart, Stewart”— and playing soccer on his private pitch.

He moved to LA in 1975 to escape a punishing British tax rate that he estimated about 96 per cent of his income. “This was the Harold Wilson government,” he said, the former prime minister’s name still a bitter taste in his mouth. And though he was homesick at first, he quickly grew to love California.

Of course, he added, the rise of the celebrity-industrial complex has rolled back the ease with which stars once amused themselves in this town. “The things I used to get away with ... ,” he said, trailing off. “But now everyone’s got a phone with a camera. You’ve got to watch your step.”

Boohoo for Rod Stewart?

“Look how long I’ve been at it,” he said. “If I’m not used to it by now, I never will be. It’s all part of the game.”

That also includes watching what he says. Stewart declined to offer his thoughts regarding his neighbour in Palm Beach, explaining that he’d gotten himself “into a little trouble” recently by describing Trump as a friend.

“So I refuse to talk any more,” he said, friendly but firm.

The things I used to get away with ... But now everyone’s got a phone with a camera. You’ve got to watch your step.

But then he went ahead and complained about the disruption of the President’s visits. “You’ve got no idea what trouble it causes,” he said. “None of us can get along the coastline. We have to go all the way around.”

Stewart chuckled, as though he were suddenly aware of how this lament might sound to some. Or perhaps he was simply gladdened by the thought of his spread in Florida, where he said he loved to sit and watch the ocean.

Surely he could do that in LA.

“You see that statue,” he asked in response, pointing maybe 6m away. “The ocean is that close there. It’s a gorgeous place.”

In fact, he’d been down that way just a couple of weeks before, he said, as part of his latest tour.

As we neared the end of our chat, he went inside and rummaged around until he laid his hands on something he’d evidently lugged home from Florida. It was a painting of himself, clearly made by a fan, overlaid with an image of the Amway Centre in Orlando. He scrawled his signature in one corner of the painting and cheerfully handed it over.

Pinchpenny Rod was regifting it to me.

Rod Stewart reveals he has NEVER cooked a meal and can't even boil an egg... as he confesses he relies on wife Penny Lancaster and a private chef

He's a proud dad to eight children, whom he shares with five different women. 

And now Sir Rod Stewart has admitted that he has always relied heavily on the women in his life to feed him, revealing in an interview that he has 'never' cooked a single meal.

The rocker, 73, discussed his lack of culinary skills with Rolling Stone magazine, confessing that he used to rely on his string of girlfriends to cook for him, because he is 'absolutely hopeless' in the kitchen.

The singer explained how he found the Seventies to be a different era, where it was the norm for men to have a string of girlfriends who were relied on to cook breakfast and dinner. 

And during the times that he was single, Rod confessed that he would visit a local cafe, rather than attempt to rustle something up for himself.

The musician then admitted that he has never been able to cook, with toast-making being the extent of his abilities in the kitchen.

He said: 'I cannot cook to save me life. The last time I tried to make a boiled egg, I had about 20 pans and things out of the cupboard. What a mess. Nothing to be proud of.' 

When asked by the magazine if he's ever cooked a meal, he bluntly replied: 'Never. I've made a bit of toast and a cup of tea in the afternoon, but other than that, I've done nothing. Shameful. Shame on you, Stewart!'

Rod, who is married to model Penny Lancaster, 47, now turns to his wife to feed him, and also has a private chef who cooks for him three times a week. 

‘Forever young’ Flo receives a card from Rod Stewart as she hits 100

So it was apt that she got a card from legendary rocker Rod Stewart to mark her 100th birthday.

Flo has lived in Suffolk all her life and was born in Coddenham on October 25, 1918.

To mark her 100th birthday a party was held with a special cake, balloons and banners put up to mark the occasion.

But the most special decoration of all, however, was the birthday card signed by the rock legend famous for songs like You Wear It Well, Forever Young and Maggie May.

The card was organised by members of staff at Hazeldell Residential Home in Ipswich where Flo now lives.

Staff got in touch with the singer’s management team saying that they believed they had got the singer’s oldest fan living at their home.

In return the rock star, who will be playing at Portman Road next year, sent Flo a special signed birthday card.

Asked what she liked about the legendary singer Flo said: “I used to like his hair.”

Rod Stewart to Jeff Beck: Let’s make an album

Rod Stewart says he’d like to reunite with Jeff Beck to make a blues-rock album if the guitarist's “up for it”

Rod Stewart has reached out to Jeff Beck, saying he’d like to make music with him again.

The pair played together in The Jeff Beck Group in the late 60s, but the pair’s personality clashes in the past have meant the chance of a reunion has seemed remote… until now.

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Stewart was asked if he and Beck could one day put their differences aside to make music together again.

Stewart replies: “Well, my voice and his guitar is a match made in heaven. It would be a lovely thing to do. It’d be a complete left-hand turn. 

“We did try it once, but we couldn’t see eye to eye. I mean, a serious clash of egos, but you know, never say never.

“I know it’s a cliché, but really, I’m up for it if he’s up for it. The thing is, we both want to produce. That’s the thing.”

Rolling Stone tell the vocalist that a blues-rock record would be “explosive” to which Stewart replies: You’re right. You’re spot on. Well, you put it out there. Let me know what he says.”

Sir Rod Stewart spotted in LA with copy of his favourite paper the Daily Record

The rock legend was snapped in Bel Air with his wife Penny Lancaster.

Sir Rod Stewart loves to catch up with news and sport in Scotland so it was no surprise to see him with a copy of his favourite paper, the Daily Record, in LA.

Crocked Rod was spotted in Bel Air with wife Penny Lancaster helping him get around.

According to reports earlier this month, Rod injured himself on a lump of concrete while playing football with his sons.

The 73-year-old hobbled on stage at the Santa Barbara Bowl in California to perform 
his hits wearing a protective boot.

Rod often kicks footballs into the crowd during live shows but had to bring his kids on stage to help out.

The singer also announced he had donated his favourite metallic blue jacket to raise cash for disadvantaged young people in the UK.

The lining has been signed “As worn by me Rod Stewart” and could fetch up to £1000 for the Prince’s Trust.

It is included in an auction at the Hard Rock Cafe next month.

Rod Stewart, 73, leans on wife Penny Lancaster, 47, for support on alfresco lunch date in LA... as he is seen for the first time without foot brace

He ended up in a foot brace after falling on a 'great big lump of concrete' while playing football with his two youngest sons. 

And Rod Stewart was spotted for the first time without his ankle support as he stepped out with his wife Penny Lancaster, 47, for a lunch date in Los Angeles on Monday. 

The rock legend, 73, and the Loose Women panelist shared a tender moment in the car park, with him leaning on Penny for support. 

Nailing the Californian look, the television personality donned a pair of orange flip flops and wore a pair of oversized shades. 

Rod co-ordinated his outfit with Penny for their romantic alfresco lunch, cutting a casual figure in white ripped jeans, a white hoodie, pin-stripe shirt and leather shoes.

Sweet: The rock legend, 73, and the Loose Women panelist shared a tender moment in the car park, with him leaning on Penny for support

Relaxed: Nailing the Californian look, the television personality donned a pair of orange flip flops and wore a pair of oversized shades

Alfresco date: The couple, who have been married for eleven years, looked in the throes of love as they chatted away and soaked up the sunshine 

The couple, who have been married for eleven years, looked in the throes of love as they chatted away and soaked up the sunshine before heading back to Rod's flashy white Ferrari.  

Rod has been recovering from a nasty foot injury, with him saying on The One Show earlier this month he fell on a 'great big lump of concrete' while playing football with his two youngest sons, Alistair, 12, and Aiden, seven.

Rod Stewart pays visit to Oklahoma City National Memorial

The memorial honors the victims and survivors of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. 

OKLAHOMA CITY -- British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart paid a visit Wednesday to the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. 

Inside Rod Stewart's terrifying 'cancer scare' after doctors 'found a lump'

The 73-year-old went to the doctors after 'feeling a bit lethargic' - and received some bad news

Rod Stewart has reportedly been hit by a frightening cancer scare after doctors 'found a lump' during a regular check up.

“Rod had been feeling a bit lethargic but didn’t think there was anything too wrong," the source said of the 73-year-old rocker.

He was diagnosed with an enlarged prostate after a standard screening, according to the Sun , which claimed he decided to only tell a select few, including wife Penny Lancaster, 47, so as not to 'make a fuss'.

“[It] came as a huge shock. Luckily the prognosis was excellent and didn’t require surgery," the insider continued.

It was the second time the 110-million album selling star has been touched by the disease. He feared he would never perform again after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer back in 2000.

This time he was told he had benign prostatic hyperplasia - and did not need surgery.

“But this scare’s made him even more mindful of his health and now he’s fitter than ever. He feels very lucky," the insider added.

Watch Rod Stewart superfan go crazy as rocker sends message through her TV

A video shows the amazing moment Sir Rod Stewart paid tribute to a superfan by dedicating a television advert to her.

Maggie May singer Stewart shared a video on his social media channels showing Rita Rickman gasping and shouting in amazement as her hero wishes her his best wishes.

The clip then shows the advert that she was watching which does in fact show the rocker giving back to one of his fans.

The video has been watched more than 200,000 times on Facebook and Twitter with hundreds commenting on Sir Rod's gesture.

It starts off with Rita, from Fleetwood, Lancashire , sitting in her living room in her dressing gown watching an undisclosed TV channel.

She then realises that her icon is about to come onto the screen, to which she shouts: "Rod Stewart!"

Rod's tribute can be heard in the background and Rita clicks that the advert is about her.

To which she opens her mouth and goes 'no' in disbelief.

She then throws the remote control onto the couch, grabs the person next to her and then gets up off the couch to go towards the television.

Rita then says "Jesus" before having to place a glass of wine on a table and places her hands on her head.

As the advert finishes she turns towards the couch and shouts loudly in amazement.

She then sits on a green chair, scream again, before returning to the couch.

The video then cuts to the advert she was watching which says: "The following is a fan service announcement from Sir Rod Stewart."

The 73-year-old rocker then appears on screen beside a pool table and says the following.

Wearing a leopard print jacket he says: "Rita Rickman its Rod here. I'm sorry to hear about Terry and I'm sending you both lots of love.

"I wanted to send you this message to say a huge thank you for all the endless support over the years. This one's for you."

The video was uploaded to Sir Rod's official social media channels with the following caption:

"Look what happened when Rod took out a TV ad to honour a longtime fan!"

The post attracted hundreds of comments applauding his efforts, including a very happy Rita Rickman.

She said on Facebook: "Thank you Sir Rod for the wonderful surprise. Me and Terry can't thank you enough.

"You are a legend and I love you so much, just wish I had put my best dressing gown on."

Anne Evans said: "Wow some gals have all the luck."

Deanne Ralph commented: "That would have been my reaction too. He's been my favourite for 38 years, and I'm only 43."

Catherine Tomlinson said: Omg I can't believe this Rita Rickman you so deserve it."

Diana Bass Jackson said: "How wonderful! So happy for her and a little jealous."

Anna Ballard said: "I would scream the same way."

After releasing his album “Blood Red Roses,” Rod Stewart is set to perform at the Sprint Center on Oct. 16. 

Rod Stewart, coming to KC, talks about his longevity, new music and that hair

More than 50 years into his career, Rod Stewart shows no sign of slowing down.

When he’s not on tour he’s busy at home chasing his two young sons, Aiden and Alastair, around the yard. Last month he released his 30th studio album, “Blood Red Roses.”

While known for writing sultry songs – from “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” to “You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)” – Stewart’s also not afraid to tackle social issues. In 1976, he broke new ground with “The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II),” about his friend who was killed because of his sexual identity.

Stewart dismisses the idea of being courageous writing the first mainstream pop song to deal with gay bashing.

“It was a true story and it’s much easier to write about the truth,” Stewart said.

The 73-year old crooner gets serious again with his new album’s first single, “Didn’t I,” which deals with teenage substance abuse from the parent’s perspective.

He had to cancel his August Kansas Cityshow at the last minute because of strep throat. The rescheduled concert is set for Tuesday at the Sprint Center.

In an interview with The Associated Press, the Grammy-winning singer discussed his longevity in the music business, what he thinks of the #MeToo movement and maintaining his signature hairstyle.

Q: That hair is just amazing. How do you keep it up?

A: It’s pretty good, isn’t it? I don’t know. I think I’ve just been lucky, you know, with the hair. It gets a lot of manipulation, you know, because I always have to keep it (up). When I’m doing a show, I have to go and dry it. … I cut it every two weeks. No, but other than that I just think I’m lucky.

You move pretty well onstage for a guy in his 70s …

Soccer has always been a passion of mine. You know, I played it, read about it, watched it all my life, and I still play a little bit. And I do work out a lot, I must admit. And that keeps me fit for onstage. How long can I go on? That’s the million-dollar question. You know, I enjoy it. I get excited about it, and as long as that exists, I think I can carry on for another three weeks (laughs).

Your two sons were onstage with you at your Madison Square Garden show (in August). Do you always take them on the road?

They don’t come on the stage every night. Only when they’re on tour (with me in the summer). And they pester me. The older one is getting a bit too old for it now. But the young one loves it. You know, he loves it. But having younger kids, I’ve got eight kids all together, certainly does keep you on your toes, and they, especially the youngest one, he’s just so cute. He amuses me all day long. It makes me smile. And that’s longevity in itself, I think being able to smile all day.

You’ve always been a fan of the ladies, do you consider yourself a ...

Sex symbol? Now I hate that word. ... I never purposely went out to attract the opposite sex. I mean, it just comes with the music, you know, the music is very sensuous and vibrant. So, if I do something suggestive onstage it’s merely by accident.

“The Killing of Georgie” was bold for its time. Do you feel it helped change attitudes in some small way?

Yeah, yeah, you’re right. It was actually banned by the BBC when it first came out. But the most interesting thing about “Georgie” is I bump into a lot of people, gay men who say, “You know when ‘The Killing of Georgie’ came out, it really helped me through my breaking out and feeling proud about who I am.” And that means a lot to me.

The industry has changed. Is it no longer sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll?

Obviously, I’m not, you know, sweet 16 anymore, and there are things I have to preserve, namely my voice. I really have to look after that. So, as I said, I was never really a druggy-type person because I played football (aka soccer), and I was always getting up in the morning playing football and so that side hasn’t changed a great deal for me.

But things are changing, especially with the #MeToo movement.

Well that’s true. There were a lot of women throwing themselves at us in the ’70s and ’80s, and they were good old times, really great times. But, you know, the #MeToo movement is long overdue. But I must admit I’ve never had trouble, you know, entertaining women. I’ve always enjoyed the chase, actually. I’d never thrown myself on any woman. You know, I enjoyed romance and then the chase.

Do you ever look back and go, “Wow, what a career?”

Every day. Every day. I never take it for granted. I really don’t. You know, it’s just the best job in the world. I know that’s an old cliche, but it really is. (President Donald) Trump thinks he’s got a good job. I’ve really got a great job.

Inside Rod Stewart's $14.2million mansion that he can't seem to sell

Rod Stewart has taken drastic measures to sell his Essex mansion, slashing the price by £1million.

He once said he was going to live there 'for the rest of his life' but Sir Rod Stewart put the grade-II listed property up for sale in July 2016 for £7.5million.

But by November that year he had cut the price of the 25-acre Wood House estate in Epping by £550,000. 

Now he has slashed the price tag even more to £5.95million - still much more than the £1.2million he paid for the mansion in 1986.

The six-bedroom manor home has seen Sir Rod through two wives and several girlfriends and includes a boating lake, tennis courts, a swimming pool, stables, huge gardens and a two-bedroom cottage nearby.

It also has a full-sized football pitch which Stewart has allowed players from Newcastle United, Liverpool, and his favourite team Celtic to train on.

Stewart wrote two of his albums, Time and Another Country, in the cream-coloured drawing room. 

Sir Rod, worth around £160million according to 'rich lists', is not the only famous link to the mansion, with Winston Churchill staying at Wood House during the Blitz in World War Two.

He commissioned decorator Nicky Haslam to deck out the home, who created 'flamboyant interiors' including oak panelling and lavish plasterwork.

According to the Sunday Times, Sir Rod and third wife Penny Lancaster, 45, are selling up so they can live closer to the school their sons Alastair, 10, and Aiden, five, attend.

Rod Stewart knows you want to hear the old songs. He's writing new ones anyway

Rod Stewart and the daughter he gave up for adoption before she spiralled into drink and drug addiction reveal how they have reconciled at last

• The 73-year-old rockstar mocks daughter, 55, telling her 'put that phone away' 
• He later rolls his eyes at her as she expresses concern about his injured foot
• The scenes unfolded this week at a record store signing for Rod'a latest album

The teasing, warm-hearted relationship between Rod Stewart and Sarah Streeter is one that will be familiar to many fathers and daughters.

'Put that phone away,' he remonstrates with mock sternness, while she has a fit of the giggles. 

Later, the 73-year-old veteran singer rolls his eyes as Sarah, 55, confides she is worried about Rod's foot, which he injured while playing football with his two young sons, Alastair, 12, and seven-year-old Aiden.

The affectionate scenes unfolded this week at a record store signing for Rod's latest album, Blood Red Roses, an event to which Sarah and her husband Chris had been invited. The trio met beforehand for drinks at London's Dorchester hotel, a favourite haunt of Rod's.

'It was lovely having a catch-up, just the three of us,' says Sarah.

The encounter is further evidence of the ongoing bond between Rod and his eldest daughter — a girl he fathered aged just 17. She was given up for adoption and he played no part in her life for a very long time.

For years, their estrangement caused Sarah — who only learned of her birth father's identity as a bewildered 18–year-old — a great deal of pain.

Yet, as the Mail first revealed five years ago, following the death of Sarah's adoptive parents — her mother Evelyn died in 2007 — a tentative reconciliation took place and, over time, it has blossomed into genuine mutual affection.

'It's evolved a lot in the last few years,' says Sarah today. 'It's taken its time because he's not just my dad, is he? He's a big star. So, of course, that makes it difficult, especially when, like me, you lack confidence.

'But, over the years, it has become much more relaxed and now he's just 'Dad' to me. You can't get away from the fact that he's Rod Stewart the star, but when we're together I put that at the back of my mind. I'm not engaging with that person but with Rod the man — my dad. I feel like I am a genuine part of his extended family, which is wonderful.'

It's a sentiment echoed by 73-year-old Rod, who has spoken warmly of Sarah in recent interviews, touching both on his own guilt over the past and his pleasure that they are now in touch. 'She calls me Dad and I call her my daughter ... we're doing our best,' he said last month.

What Sarah, who bears an uncanny resemblance to her famous father, has been unable to reveal until now is quite how extraordinary their rapprochement is, unfolding as it has against a backdrop of drink and drug problems about which she has never felt able to speak openly before.

She was, she now falteringly admits, a serial abuser of cocaine and alcohol for much of her early 30s, and while she managed to recover, the death of Evelyn saw a grieving Sarah fall into a desperate downward spiral that at one point left her addicted to crack cocaine.

'Why I'm still here I don't know,' she says. 'I carry a huge amount of guilt about what I put people through. The way it affected my family and loved ones was terrible.

'But I've chosen to talk about it because I think it's important to be honest, and to show that even if you hit rock-bottom you can get over it.'

Her famous father, meanwhile, has been nothing but supportive. 'I confided in Rod about it quite early on and he was very concerned,' she says.

'It's not all new to him, of course. His eldest son, Sean, has had drug problems in the past and Kimberly had issues with alcohol although they're all doing really well now.

'There's no judgment from him at all. I don't talk about it a lot now but he always asks me if I'm all right.'

Fans may wonder whether it was Sarah he had in mind when he wrote Didn't I, the single he released from his new album about a parent comforting a daughter who's relapsed into a drug addiction.

'I think it was actually about Sean but it shows how in touch Rod is with it all,' she says.

The difficulties Sarah has faced over the course of her life are, of course, in stark contrast to the glamorous trajectory followed by her famous father, a man whose starry 50-year long career has encompassed not only international success but a glittering array of glamorous girlfriends and model wives.

Married three times — first to Alana Stewart, by whom he had Kimberly, 39, and Sean, 38, then to Rachel Hunter, mother to Renee, 26, and Liam, 24, and latterly to Alastair and Aiden's mum Penny Lancaster — Rod has had six children in wedlock and a daughter, Ruby, 31, by model Kelly Emberg.

Sarah, of course, came along before any of that, the product of a teenage love affair between Rod and his art student girlfriend Susannah Boffey.

When Susannah got pregnant, both panicked and, as was often the way back then, Sarah was given up for adoption.

Celtic mad Rod Stewart bags UK No1 album for the NINTH time with Blood Red Roses

The legendary rocker previously said getting No1 again would be as good a feeling as getting his knighthood.

Rod Stewart's new album Blood Red Roses claimed top spot

Celtic daft Sir Rod Stewart went to No1 with latest album Blood Red Roses today and claimed it felt “like I scored the winning goal in front of the home crowd.”

While his team were sunk in Salzburg on Thursday night, Rod, 73, kept up his winning ways scoring his ninth UK No1 album and beating off Cher’s latest album to second place.

Rod, who said in a recent Record feature if he went to No1 it would be as good a feeling as getting a knighthood, first hit No1 with third album Every Picture Tells A Story in 1971, and 47 years later his 30th studio album Blood Red Roses claims the top spot with over 41,000 combined sales.

Rod said: “Thank you to the great British public for making Blood Red Roses No1. I’m grateful, I’m humbled and feel like I just scored the winning goal in front of the home crowd.”

And what a shot it was. Rod’s success ends Eminem’s month-long reign at the top with Kamikaze, which slips to Number 4. Coincidentally, Rod is now level with Eminem for number of chart-topping albums in the UK, alongside ABBA and Queen.

Celtic daft Rod Stewart says getting his album No1 was 'like scoring the winning goal'

Rod Stewart, 73, continues to sport foot brace at album launch bash... as he jokes his HAIR is the secret to long-lasting career

He revealed on The One Show that he injured his foot while playing football with his two sons.

And Sir Rod Stewart was still sporting his recovery brace to attend the launch of his new album Blood Red Roses at the HMV in London's Oxford Street on Wednesday, after revealing on Monday he 'fell on a big lump of concrete.'

This comes after the 73-year-old music legend joked earlier in the day that the secret to his long-lasting career is his luscious head of hair.

Rod was casually dressed for the occasion in an appropriately coloured red and black striped matching tracksuit, teaming his medical boot with a black suede slipper and printed socks.

The star was greeted by a throng of fans as he arrived to celebrate the release of his latest album.

Rod's outing also came as he made the hilarious revelation that his hair has been the secret to his incredible showbiz success, after more than 50 years of record-selling success.

He told BBC Radio London: 'There is not a day that goes by when I don’t think about that.

‘It might have hindered me somewhat but I like to think songwriting is not just for young people, or for guys with a great barnet like I have got.' 

On the up: The legendary rockstar was sporting the recovery brace on his right foot after revealing two days earlier he suffered the injury while playing football with his two sons

Jovial: Rod put on an animated display as he attended the launch of his new album Blood Red Roses at HMV Oxford Street in London

Dressed to impress: Rod made his way into the event where he was signing copies of his latest album

Rod Stewart Breaks Down His

‘Age Appropriate’ New Album

“I’m not that bothered if it doesn’t sell 10 million copies,” the singer says of his 30th studio LP. “I’m making albums now for me and a few friends”

Rod Stewart knew exactly what he didn’t want to do when he began penning songs for his new album Blood Red Roses, which landed in stores on September 28th. “I didn’t want to write songs like ‘Stay With Me,’ ‘Hot Legs,’ and ‘Tonight’s the Night,'” he says. “I wanted to attempt to do something a little bit more age-appropriate, and hopefully I’ve succeeded.”

The album is part of a creative renaissance for the 73-year-old that began with his 2013 LP Time and continued in 2015 with Another Country. Up until those albums he’d put songwriting on hold for well over a decade to concentrate on his Great American Songbook series along with other covers projects, but then the itch to compose his own material returned. He says that writing his 2012 memoir Rod: The Autobiography played a big role in that process, along with the realization that creating a new album no longer required endless late nights in dark studios. “I was always locked in the studio for months on end,” he says. “We’d spend two hours getting a drum sound. I’d never even see daylight. It became laborious.”

But modern technology has allowed him simply record music in hotel rooms while on tour, and that’s easier than ever now that Kevin Savigar, his producer and primary songwriting partner, doubles as his touring keyboardist. “Now I get to see daylight a lot more than I did before,” says Stewart. “Kevin and I just start using samples and we kick around a few ideas and everything just goes from there.”

Lead single “Didn’t I” was born one day when Stewart spontaneously come up with the lines, “Didn’t I do the best for you, try to make you stay in school, didn’t I?” It quickly turned into a sorrowful tale of a father confronting his daughter’s severe drug addiction. “I didn’t sit right down and intend to write that sort of a song,” he says. “But the way I write songs now is I do a ‘la-dee de-dee-dee’ over a track and sing whatever comes into my mind. It’s exactly the same way that I wrote ‘Maggie May’ all those years ago.”

Another sad song is “Farewell,” a tribute to one of Stewart’s dearest old friends. “We grew up with each other through the Sixties, the Seventies, the Eighties, and the Nineties,” he says. “So he saw me from when I had absolutely nothing and totally unknown, all the way through to the success I had later in life. The idea was to try and just be as honest and personable as I could on that song. It’s a love song.”

“Cold Old London,” meanwhile, looks back on a rough time in his life right before he married model Rachel Hunter in 1990. “All this shagging and drinking was leading me nowhere,” he says. “I wasn’t particularly happy, and I was getting a hold of girls who were getting younger. The song is a reflection of that period in my life.”

A few weeks back “Didn’t I” became Stewart’s first original composition to enter the Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts since 1999. But he still has realistic expectations for the album and doesn’t expect it to be topping the charts alongside Cardi B and Drake’s recent works. “I always think I’ve got a lot of friends out there that have followed my career for many, many years,” he says. “They turn up at concerts all over the globe, and if 10 percent of that wonderful audience that I play to buy the album, I’m happy. I’ve had tremendous success in selling millions and millions of albums, so I’m not that bothered if it doesn’t sell 10 million. Everybody else can do that. I’ve had my shot at it. I’m making albums for me and a few friends.”

He’s already began work on the next one. “I don’t know what the themes of the new songs are gonna be yet,” he says. “But in 18 months I should have 15 or so good songs.”

Rod Stewart, 73, sports a foot brace on The One Show as he reveals he fell on a 'great big lump of concrete' while playing football with his two sons

He is known for his distinctive style in fashion, rocking everything from leopard print catsuits to tight black Lycra PVC leggings on stage. 

And Sir Rod Stewart made no exceptions when he appeared on The One Show on Monday, sporting a fluffy tartan slipper on one foot and a grey leg brace on the other. 

The rock legend, 73, revealed his alternative choice in footwear was due to a football injury after he fell on a 'great big lump of concrete', while playing with his two youngest sons, Alistair, 12, and Aiden, seven. 

Chatting to Rod, Gabby Logan said: 'You are always beautifully attired and tonight is no exception. I can't help but notice though that one of your feet is adorned with a fantastic fur-lined tartan slipper and the other one not so much.

Nasty fall: The rock legend, 73, revealed his alternative choice in footwear was due to a football injury after he fell on a 'great big lump of concrete', while playing with his two youngest sons

'But we were playing the other day and I ran in the nettles to get the ball and trod on a great, big lump of concrete and this is what happened.

'It's only a precautionary measure and I'll be fine in a couple of days.'

Rod cut a dapper figure in a black military-style blazer and matching trousers with a red ribbon trim down the sides. 

His appearance on the BBC show comes after the Maggie May hit-maker revealed why he wants to raise his youngest boys in the UK.

In an interview with 60 minutes on Sunday, he said: 'I want my kids (Alistair and Aiden) to be brought up in this country. They love it here, they don't want to go back to L.A. It's probably because I've seen, with kids being brought up in Beverly Hills, a lot of damage.'

Signature style: Rod cut a dapper figure in a black military-style blazer and matching trousers with a red ribbon trim down the sides

Rod Stewart & Michael Bublé - It's a Heartache  BBC Radio 2 with Chris Evans

BBC TV Graham Norton Show - Didn't I