Penny Lancaster became emotional after Rod Stewart revealed heartfelt details of their 26 year love story during a BBC festive documentary presented by Anita Rani

Penny Lancaster broke down in tears as she learned a secret about how one of Rod Stewart's friends tried to prevent them from dating - for a moving reason.

Rocker Rod revealed to his wife that a close friend withheld her phone number from him until he felt he was 'fully healed', following his bitter divorce from model Rachel Hunter. Rod has said his second wife Rachel's decision to leave him had left him in physical pain and he finally knew what it meant to have a broken heart.

Rod and Penny, who have been together for more than two decades and share two children together, first met when Penny, 54, was a student at Barking

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