Rod Stewart Celebrates 19 Years with Stunning Wife

Sir Rod Stewart gushed over his 'stunning' wife on Instagram on Tuesday as he celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary with a loved-up post. 

The legendary singer, 81, shared a sweet throwback photo of himself and his police officer wife Penny, 55, on their wedding day in 2007.

The Maggie May rock star penned: '27 years of my life spent with this stunning Lady, happy 19th wedding anniversary my darling Penny, some guys have all the luck'. 

The celebration comes after Penny joked she 'deserves a medal' for her relationship with Sir as she marked their anniversary. 

The TV presenter opened up on her marriage and revealed the secret to their long lasting romance in a interview earlier this year. 

She told Best magazine: 'Yes, 26 years! I deserve a medal, don't I? Only joking.

'We don't take each other for granted and make sure we have date nights together - dinner, the theatre or whatever, doing the school run together and having an 'a deux' coffee on the way home, long romantic walks together...

She added: 'We flirt with each other and make each other laugh.'

Penny explained that they try to 'keep the intimacy alive' when they get moments alone, and they love to mark their relationship milestones.

She continued: 'We're big on celebrating our anniversaries and really spoil each other.

'For instance, for our last wedding anniversary, we took a very romantic train trip from Paris to Portofino because Rod proposed to me in Paris and we got married in Portofino.

'We love reminiscing about our life together and also making plans for the future - more romantic trips.'

Penny also credited their long-standing love with having 'time apart' to 'keep the spark alive', and they're currently both excited to be reunited after three weeks apart.

She said: 'We're desperately missing each other and have been counting down the days.

'Rod generally has a driver pick him up from the airport, but I'm meeting him because we can't wait to see each other.'

The couple met back in 1999 when Penny was a student at Barking College, and Rod was performing. 

She continued: 'Right from the start of our 26 years together, we've spent time apart. The first year, for instance, I was in the UK studying photography while he was living in the US.

'We'd spend hours and hours on the phone, talking about everything - including photography and paintings.'