Rocker Rod Stewart became very worried about wife Penny Lancaster when she endured some terrifying moments after embarking on a new challenge, the former model has explained.
Lancaster, 54, began volunteering as a special constable during the pandemic, working overnights. Four years on, she continues to devote her spare time to the important role.
However, speaking recently about her husband's reaction to the decision, Lancaster admitted the 80-year-old was "s***ing himself" with worry.
"I'm a special constable," Lancaster detailed. "I did a TV show called Famous and Fighting Crime and they had a bunch of household names involved in this TV show that was based in Cambridgeshire and I was located in Peterborough.
Getty | Penny Lancaster was worried about his wife
The programme inspired Lancaster to pursue the work in her free time.
"Police officers can only police with the consent of the public, but the public are the police and the police are the public," she remarked.
Speaking on the We're Not Getting Any Younger podcast to hosts Lisa Snowdon and Andy Goldstein, Lancaster continued: "It's very hard to remind the public and to gain their trust because there’s so many negative things out there about policing and I always see myself as the positive face of policing."
Recalling how when she first started the police work, Maggie May hit-maker Stewart was concerned about her.
ITV | Penny Lancaster started volunteering as a special constable in 2021
"So, I was on the frontline with regular police officers and specials seeing all the work they do," she reflected.
"And even though there were some really scary moments I was just hooked on it. I got such a buzz and I felt like this was my calling.
"Specials don’t get paid, but you have to perform at least 200 hours a year. Roughly one duty a week. Mostly night duties. I have someone with me, we normally go in pairs."
Snowdon, 53, asked if Stewart had been "absolutely s***ing himself" as he waited for her to return from the shifts.
"He was, he was," Lancaster confirmed, adding: "I've been doing it for four years now so he’s kind of got used to it and he's met a lot of my colleagues and he respects the amount of training I’ve done."
She went on to reveal she'd made two arrests since starting the volunteer work.
After being asked by the hosts if she'd arrested anyone, she replied: "I have, two people, for drink driving and drug driving.
"Every accident you have to test for drink and drugs. It is an adrenaline rush."
GETTY | Sir Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster have been married since 2007
Elsewhere in the podcast,, Lancaster unveiled a strict rule Stewart enforces regarding his own project away from his career.
Talking about her husband's passion for his model railway, she commented: "Rod’s obsessed with his trains because he’s got the railway modelling layout.
"It’s about four times the size of this room. He’s been working on it for about 35 years. I can’t remember the scale, but it’s very tiny and he has literally built every single building.
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"It started before my time. We met 25 years ago, and it was already halfway finished. Then, during lockdown, he shipped the whole layout from America to London, and now it's in containers in our garden."
When asked if she was allowed in the room herself, Lancaster admitted: "I am, but not by myself," to which Snowdon laughed as she responded: "You need a chaperone in there!"