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Jane Lavender

Inside Rod Stewart's racy love life - from wearing women's knickers to getting 'bored' of sex

He's almost as famous for his love of leggy blonde models as he is for his legendary back catalogue of hits.

Sir Rod Stewart posed with his current wife, Penny Lancaster, and three of his famous exes as he celebrated his daughter's 40th birthday.

The 74-year-old rock star beamed into the camera as he stood with the four of the five mothers of his children in the unusual family snap.

Sir Rod has been married three times and has eight children by five different women.

And at the height of his fame, he admits he was sleeping with so many models he "got bored".

Penny Lancaster and Sir Rod Stewart have now been married for 12 years (Getty)
Rod Stewart admits to cheating

He said: "Sex at one point was beginning to be boring, late 80s, early 90s, always flying in models left, right and centre.

"One would arrive, the other would leave. It just became I was getting lonely.

"I thought, 'you've got everything - women, great success kids' - but there wasn't a devotion to, someone I could be devoted to, so I got bored of it."

The Do Ya Think I'm Sexy singer has been married to model Penny Lancaster and the couple have two children, Alastair and Aiden.

The Loose Women presenter seems to have finally tamed the lothario of rock - but it's been a rocky (and racy) road for Rod.

Here's how the The Faces lead singer's love life has played out

Susannah Boffey

Suzannah Boffey-Hourde was Rod's first love when he was just 17 (Mike Forster)

Rod was just 17 when his eldest daughter, Sarah Streeter, was born after he had a fling with her art student mum, Susannah Boffey.

Susannah was said to have broken Rod's heart when he was still a teenager.

And in his 2013 album, Time, Rod sang poignantly about his romance with the art student.

The track, Brighton Beach, talks about their time together and includes the lyric that he "woke to find you gone" with his "teenage heart scattered to the floor".

Rod rasps "I swear to God, I could not have loved you any more, I sit here playing with my kids and wonder where you are in this world, do you ever stop and think about me?"

Sarah didn't know about her famous dad until she was a teenager (Jeremy Durkin)
Sarah and Rod now have a close bond (Sunday Mirror)
Susannah and Rod gave their daughter, Sarah Streeter, up for adoption (REX/Shutterstock)

Susannah, who met Rod in a nightclub in London in 1961, now lives in Normandy, France.

Their daughter was adopted by Evelyn and Gerald Thubron and didn't know about her famous dad until she was a teenager.

The pair were reunited when she was 18 but saw each other rarely.

Sarah fell into drink and drug addiction but reached out to Rod when her adoptive mum died in 2007.

The father and daughter now have a much closer relationship and Rod has even helped his daughter out financially .

She has now kicked her demons and credits her closer relationship with her family for helping her to do that.

Jennie Rylance

Rod's ex Jennie Rylance with her then husband, Steve Marriott (Alamy Stock Photo)
Rod's dating faux pas

Jennie was the first in a long line of models who fell for Sir Rod.

The couple met in 1965, when he was only 20, and dated for two years.

But nothing could stop his wandering eye and the couple separated when he was 22.

Dee Harrington

Dee was Rod's first serious girlfriend (SSPL via Getty Images)
Dee says Rod wore her knickers on their first night together (Getty Images)

Dee, another blonde model, was arguably Rod's first serious girlfriend and the couple were an item for four years.

They met in 1971 and from the very start, their sex life sizzled.

Dee claims Sir Rod wore her knickers on their first night together.

She said: "He had a big sexual appetite. He liked me to show my legs and breasts.

"He would have married me after three months but I did not feel I had to.

"He then started to live the life he was reading about himself in the papers and I did not want to be part of it."

By 1975, the couple's romance was over and Sir Rod had moved onto another stunning blonde.

Britt Ekland

Britt gave up her career to devote more time to her relationship with Rod (Scope)

In 1975, Swedish actress and singer Britt Ekland was a huge star.

She had starred in Get Carter with Michael Caine in 1971, which firmly established her as a sex symbol.

Britt then went on to have leading roles in cult horror film, The Wicker Man, and was a Bond Girl in the Man with the Golden Gun.

But in 1975 she was introduced to Rod by their mutual friend, Joan Collins, and the pair had a passionate relationship.

They lived together for two years and Britt even gave up her career to focus on her romance with Rod.

He was devoted to her during their time together and Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) about was inspired by Ekland.

She has said: "We were madly in love, we were absolutely obsessed with each other.

"Meeting Rod Stewart and falling in live, so madly in love, was amazing."

But two years after their relationship started, Rod left his actress partner.

It wouldn't be long until he found love again.

Alana Stewart

Alana was Rod's first wife (Rex)

Alana was Rod's first wife and the mother of his second daughter, Kimberly, and first son, Sean.

The couple were married in 1979 and Alana was with her daughter and Rod to celebrate Kimberley's 40th birthday.

But Rod walked out on the marriage just five years later.

He had already started a relationship with another blonde model, Kelly Emberg, before the marriage was over, something that devastated his first wife.

Rod has since admitted he has left "a lot of broken hearts" in his wake.

He said: "I haven't treated women badly but I'm not proud of the way I broken up relationships. I was a real coward."

Alana, who now has a close relationship with her ex, admits her "world fell apart" when they split up.

She said: "Divorce is never easy, but it's even more painful when you find out your husband is having an affair with a beautiful model fifteen years younger than you.

"I had always been so certain that we were forever, that nothing could ever come between us.

"I can't make Rod out to be the total villain and me the innocent victim, even though he was the one having the affair

"The last couple of years our marriage had started to deteriorate from the madly in love couple who had everything we could possibly want to the reality of having young children and a wife who couldn't keep up with the rock-and-roll lifestyle anymore."

Not one to hang around, Rod immediately started a seven year romance with model Kelly Emberg.

Kelly Emberg

Kelly and Rod, who had a 15 year age gap, started their romance before his first marriage was over.

The couple had one daughter, Ruby, and stayed together for seven years - his then longest relationship.

Rod and Kelly have now clearly repaired their relationship and the former Sports Illustrated model and he are great friends.

But Rod admits he treated her "terribly" and has described her as "the most wonderful woman in the world".

Meanwhile Kelly has said: "It is very hard being in love with someone and knowing they are wrong for you.

"I thought about breaking up with Rod for a year before I finally made the decision to do it.

"But once I turned 30 and had a good look at my life and situation, I realised Rod didn't want to marry me."

The couple separated - but it wasn't long before Rod would have another leggy blonde in his life.

Rachel Hunter

Rod proposed to Rachel just three weeks after they met (Alpha)

Rod met Rachel in a club in 1991 and within three weeks he had proposed.

Just three months later they tied the knot and their daughter, Renee, was born 18 months later.

Two years later son, Liam, arrived and the couple, who had a 25 year age gap, seemed to be blissfully happy.

But cracks were staring to appear and by 1999 the couple had separated.

Rachel and Rod officially divorced in 2006 but he was devastated by the break up.

He also insists he was faithful throughout their marriage.

New Zealand model Rachel said: "He was distraught. I'll take to the grave the pain I caused Rod.

"I hurt the one person I loved and cared about and that's a hard thing to live with on a daily basis."

The former couple have remained close since the break down of their romance.

Penny Lancaster

Rod Stewart and model Penny Lancaster started dating in 1999 (Getty)

Rod didn't stay single for long and married Penny Lancaster, another blonde model, a year after his divorce from Rachel.

They started dating in 1999, the same year Rachel had left Rod.

The couple have two children, Alastair and Aiden.

At 12 years, this is Rod's longest marriage and the pair seem happier than ever.

Rod insists their sex life is still "great" but admits at times he just wants a cuddle.

He joked: "I need a bit of a start on the handle now, like a vintage car.

"Sex becomes more spiritual as one gets older. I love sex with my wife, but I love just giving her a hug.

“Every night we have a kiss and a hug, and that doesn’t always lead to sex but it’s still lovely.

"When I’m away from her a long time and I don’t get a hug, I really miss it.

"And I’m a great one for giving my children a cuddle. Although my dad loved me, and I loved him, we didn’t hug.

“In the last 15 years of his life I taught him to hug. Now I pass it on to my kids and we hug all the time.”

It's seems rock's great lothario has finally found the woman to tame him.

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