Penny Lancaster
{{Short description|British model and television personality (born 1971)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox model
| honorific_prefix=
| name= Lady Stewart
| image=Pennylancaster.jpg
| caption=Lancaster in 2008
| birth_name= Penelope Claire Lancaster
| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1971|3|15|df=y}}{{cn|date=August 2021}}
| birth_place= Chelmsford, Essex, England{{cn|date=August 2021}}
| height= {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite news|title=Eight ways short people disguise their height|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8243763.stm|work=BBC News Online|date=8 September 2009}}
| haircolour= Blonde
| spouse = {{marriage|Rod Stewart|2007}}
| children = 2
|module={{Infobox police officer
|embed = yes
|branch = Special Constabulary
|serviceyears = City of London Police, 2020–present
|rank = Special Constable
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Penelope Claire Lancaster, Lady Stewart (born 15 March 1971) is an English model and television personality. She is married to rock singer Rod Stewart. In 2014, she joined the ITV lunchtime show Loose Women. She appeared as a panellist from 2014–2019 returned in 2021 and returned permanently from 2024 onwards.
Early life
Lancaster was born in Chelmsford, Essex, England, on 15 March 1971, to Graham and Sally and has a brother named Oliver.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-03 |title=Penny Lancaster parents: Graham Lancaster, Sally Lancaster |url=https://ghanafuo.com/penny-lancaster-parents-graham-lancaster-sally-lancaster/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |language=en-GB}} At the age of six, Lancaster took up dance, including tap, ballet and modern. At 16, she gave up because of her height and decided that aerobics would better suit her frame, and six years later she became a certified fitness trainer. It was during this time that she was spotted by a model scout, who suggested she should consider a career in modelling. Lancaster suffers from a chronic sweat problem called hyperhidrosis.{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/770693/Penny-Lancaster-SWEATING-Hyperhidrosis-Loose-Women|title=Penny Lancaster admits SWEATING excessively due to secret battle with Hyperhidrosis|date=22 February 2017}}
Career
=Early career=
Throughout the 1990s, Lancaster was in a long-term relationship with city trader Mickey Sloan. They lived in Bermuda from 1996 to 1998 but separated in 1999.
Around this time, Lancaster decided to learn about the other side of modelling and began taking photography classes.{{cite news | title='Penny Lancaster' | publisher=AskMen.com | url=http://uk.askmen.com/women/models_250/293c_penny_lancaster.html | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112103500/http://uk.askmen.com/women/models_250/293c_penny_lancaster.html | archivedate=12 November 2007 | df=dmy-all }}
=Ultimo=
In 2002, Lancaster signed up to be the face of designer lingerie brand Ultimo for £200,000. Although she was a success at promoting the brand—raising its profile, especially in the United Kingdom—two years later, Lancaster's contract was not renewed.{{Cite news| title='Storm in a D-cup' |date=18 January 2004| accessdate=18 January 2004 | publisher=Scotsman.com | url=http://www.business.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=509&id=62742004}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ROD%27S+MISSING+BHOYS+FOR+ME%3B+The+face+and+body+of+Ultimo,+Penny...-a0106964724 |title=Rod's Missing Bhoys for Me; The face and body of Ultimo, Penny Lancaster, reveals how her rocker lover will be watching her instead of his beloved Celtic this weekend |publisher=The Free Library |work=Daily Record |date=28 August 2003 |accessdate=7 March 2016}} She was replaced in the role by Rod Stewart's ex-wife Rachel Hunter. Lancaster soon signed a deal worth five times her Ultimo contract with another top modelling agency, Elite New York. Ultimo's decision to replace her, dubbed Bra Wars by the British press, was seen as a publicity stunt,{{cite web |last1=Simpson |first1=Richard |last2=Baracaia |first2=Alexa |date=18 May 2004 |title=Penny's £1m revenge |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/pennys-1m-revenge-7225559.html |accessdate=22 December 2024 |work=London Evening Standard}} which infuriated Stewart, who described Ultimo's founder Michelle Mone as "manipulative".{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rod%27s+revenge%3B+STAR+SLAMS+BRA+OUEEN+-+Ultimo+boss+is+a+manipulative...-a0114675089 |title=Rod's revenge; Star Slams Bra Queen |publisher=The Free Library |work=Sunday Mail |date=28 March 2004 |accessdate=7 March 2016}} However, two of Stewart's daughters—Kimberly and Ruby—have since modelled for Ultimo.
=''Strictly Come Dancing''=
Lancaster was one of fourteen celebrities taking part in the fifth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2007. In week 4, she was revealed as one of the bottom two participants. She and her dancing partner Ian Waite were in the week six dance-off with Matt Di Angelo and were voted off.
Performances
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|rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|Week # |rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|Dance |colspan="4" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|Judges' score |rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|Result |
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Horwood
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Phillips |bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Goodman |bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Tonioli |
| align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|1
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Swing |align="center" bgcolor="CCCCCC"| |align="center" bgcolor="CCCCCC"| |align="center" bgcolor="CCCCCC"| |align="center" bgcolor="CCCCCC"| |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Group Performance - Not Judged |
| align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|2
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Quickstep |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|8 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|8 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|8 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|9 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Safe |
| align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|3
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Jive |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|5 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|6 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|7 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|7 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Safe |
| align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|4
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Samba |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|8 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|7 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|9 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|8 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Bottom Two |
| align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|5
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Foxtrot |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|9 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|8 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|9 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|9 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Safe |
| align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|6
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Salsa |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|6 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|6 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|7 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|6 |align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Eliminated |
=''Loose Women''=
{{main|Loose Women}}
On 15 September 2014, Lancaster was billed as an occasional panellist on the lunchtime TV chat show Loose Women. She made four subsequent appearances during her first series. Through series 20 and 21 Lancaster started appearing on the show more regularly, usually twice per month. However, from series 22, Lancaster returned to appearing much more infrequently, making a total of six appearances. This was followed by a further ten appearances in series 23 and four in series 24. In series 25, she appeared more frequently and was a regular panellist. In the current series, she has not yet appeared as a panellist but has appeared as a guest. {{Cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/20220608142433/loose-women-penny-lancaster-frightening-condition/|title=Penny Lancaster opens up about frightening condition in heartfelt interview}} She has not officially left the show.
=Other television work=
In January 2018, Lancaster participated in And They're Off! in aid of Sport Relief.
In January 2019, she appeared in an episode of Celebrity Catchphrase. In February 2019, she appeared in Famous and Fighting Crime alongside fellow celebrities Jamie Laing, Katie Piper, Sandi Bogle and Marcus Brigstocke on Channel 4. In 2021, Lancaster was a competitor on BBC's Celebrity MasterChef.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/celebrity-masterchef-2021-line-up/|title=Celebrity MasterChef 2021 line-up: Meet the 20 contestants confirmed for series 16|website=Radio Times|access-date=13 August 2021}} She made it as far as her quarter final, losing out to Melanie Sykes and Megan McKenna.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000ywnd/celebrity-masterchef-series-16-episode-6|title=Celebrity MasterChef - Series 16: Episode 6}} In 2024, Lancaster's husband, Rod Stewart, accused MasterChef host Gregg Wallace of humiliating Lancaster when she appeared on the show and arranging for the incidents when this happened to be "cut" from the aired programme. The accusation was made in the context of a BBC announcement of an enquiry into allegations against Wallace of sexual harassment of women on the MasterChef set.{{cite news |last=Sigsworth|first=Tim|title= Rod Stewart accuses Gregg Wallace of ‘humiliating’ his wife on MasterChef|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/28/rod-stewart-accuses-gregg-wallace-bully-penny-lancaster/ |newspaper= The Telegraph|date=28 November 2024 |accessdate=28 November 2024}}
In June 2024 she appeared on Michael Mcintyre's The Wheel
= Police work =
In 2020, after appearing on Channel 4's Famous and Fighting Crime, Lancaster joined the City of London Police as a volunteer special constable.{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Sarah |title=Penny Lancaster becomes London police officer |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/penny-lancaster-police-officer-london-special-constable-rod-stewart-a9550566.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/penny-lancaster-police-officer-london-special-constable-rod-stewart-a9550566.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=6 January 2021 |work=The Independent |date=5 June 2020 |language=en}} In April 2021, she completed her training to become a special police constable and is now fully qualified.{{Cite news |last=McLoughlin |first=Lisa |date=27 October 2022 |title=Rod Stewart's wife Penny Lancaster proudly poses at her passing out parade with City of London Police |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/rod-stewart-wife-penny-lancaster-city-of-london-police-parade-b1035289.html?r=49208 |access-date=27 October 2022}} She was on policing duties during the Queen’s funeral and the coronation of King Charles III.{{Cite web |last=Frodsham |first=Isobel |date=2022-09-19 |title=Penny Lancaster: It is the biggest honour to serve at the Queen's funeral |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/penny-lancaster-rod-stewart-victoria-queen-special-constable-b1026649.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Macdonald |first=Siobhan |date=2023-05-12 |title=Rod Stewart's wife Penny Lancaster honoured to work King Charles' Coronation |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/rod-stewarts-wife-penny-lancaster-29964868 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}
Personal life
In 1999, Lancaster met singer Rod Stewart when he agreed to let her take photos of him on tour.{{cite magazine|title='Rod's girl Penny all set for 'perfect' wedding'|date=6 June 2007|accessdate=6 June 2007|magazine=Hello!|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2007/06/06/penny-rod-wedding/}} A romance soon developed and they began a seven-year courtship. Lancaster gave birth to their first child in 27 November 2005.{{cite magazine|title='Rod Stewart's Fiancée Gives Birth'|date=28 November 2005|accessdate=28 November 2005|magazine=People|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1135159,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908230747/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1135159,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 September 2012}} Lancaster and Stewart married on 16 June 2007 at La Cervara near Portofino, Italy.{{cite magazine|title='Rod Stewart Marries Penny Lancaster in Italy'|date=17 June 2007|access-date=17 July 2007|magazine=People|url=https://people.com/celebrity/rod-stewart-marries-penny-lancaster-in-italy/}} On 17 February, 2011, it was announced that Lancaster had given birth to their second child (Stewart's eighth).{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12500132|publisher=BBC News|title=Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster celebrate birth of boy|date=17 February 2011}}
Lancaster is an ambassador for Penny for London, a charity helping young people escape poverty, supported by Northern & Shell, the former parent company of the Daily Express, Goldman Sachs, Barclaycard and VISA.{{cite news |url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/567339/Penny-Lancaster-charity-help-young-people-in-poverty|title=Penny Lancaster backs charity to help young people in poverty|author=John Reynolds|newspaper=Daily Express}} She is also a vice-president of the Royal National Institute of Blind People.{{cite news|url=https://www.aop.org.uk/ot/industry/eyewear-and-lenses/2016/10/20/penny-lancaster-me-and-my-glasses|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109021617/https://www.aop.org.uk/ot/industry/eyewear-and-lenses/2016/10/20/penny-lancaster-me-and-my-glasses|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 November 2016|title=Me and my glasses: Photographer Penny Lancaster speaks about her vision and why she is supporting the State of the Nation Report: Eye health 2016|author=Emily McCormick|work=Optometry Today}} She is also Patron of the UK Care Of Police Survivors charity.
At the age of 46, Lancaster was diagnosed with dyslexia.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2018012245630/penny-lancaster-diagnosed-dyslexia/|title=Penny Lancaster diagnosed with learning difficulty|magazine=Hello!|date=22 January 2018|author=Gemma Strong}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1519592|name=Penny Lancaster}}
- {{Instagram|penny.lancaster}}
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