Rod Stewart and Wife Penny Lancaster Join Forces with King Charles in Special Announcement

Mar. 15, 2025

Penny Lancaster and Rod Stewart at The King’s Foundation Annual Awards ceremony at St. James' Palace in London on June 11, 2024.Photo:Ian Jones for the King’s Foundation

Ian Jones for the King’s Foundation

King Charlesis adding more celebrities to his roster of ambassadors.

Rock legendRod Stewartand his wife, Penny Lancaster, have become the newest advocates for The King’s Foundation. They join a star-studded roster of supporters, including actressSienna Miller,announced in December, and former soccer legendDavid Beckham, who came on board last summer.

The announcement coincides with the 35th anniversary of Charles’ charity, which focuses on practical education and training programs aimed at building stronger communities and transforming lives. Many of its courses, held at Highgrove Gardens in Gloucestershire, England, are designed to preserve heritage skills such as embroidery and woodturning, ensuring these traditional crafts endure for future generations.

Penny Lancaster and Rod Stewart at The King’s Foundation Annual Awards Ceremony at St. James' Palace in London on June 11, 2024.Ian Jones for the King’s Foundation

Rod Stewart and David Beckham behind King Charles at the annual awards ceremony for Charles' charity at St. James' Palace, London in June 2024.KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/POOL/AFP via Getty

KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/POOL/AFP via Getty

Rod said he and Penny were “pleased” to be ambassadors and “look forward to lending support to this worthwhile cause, particularly during such a significant year for the charity.”

Lady Stewart, 53, called it an “honor.” “As a volunteer special constable, the Foundation’s approach to building communities – and how access to green spaces can help build better, healthier places – is particularly important to me.”

Chief executive of the foundation, Kristina Murrin, said the couple had been friends of the charity for some time. “It’s fantastic to cement that relationship with the news of their ambassadorship. We are so pleased they are officially joining us on our mission to build sustainable communities and transform lives across the world," she said.

Before the holidays, new ambassador Miller took part in the charity’s Christmas carol service and read Sir John Betjeman’s iconic “Christmas" alongside Angelica Ellis, an embroidery graduate from The King’s Foundation and CHANELMetiers d’art Embroidery Fellowship.

Penny Lancaster and Rod Stewart at The King’s Foundation Annual Awards ceremony at St. James' Palace in London on June 11, 2024.Ian Jones for the King’s Foundation

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“You see the benefits in France where they’re quite good at producing and keeping their skills. The project here is super important,” she told PEOPLE. “There are things that the tutors here have given me that I don’t think you get anywhere else.”

source: people.com