Penny Lancaster and Rod Stewart's life as a blended family appears idyllic. Already the dad of five children before welcoming his youngest two, Alastair, 19, and Aiden, 14, from the outside, it seems they have truly nailed coming together as a family. But, Penny told HELLO! it wasn't always plain sailing, particularly with Rod’s former wife, Rachel Hunter.

Rachel and Rod split at the end of 1998, and the two women got off to a difficult start, exacerbated when a contract that Penny had signed with Michelle Mone’s Ultimo brand was not renewed, and she was replaced with Rachel. Talking to HELLO! In an exclusive interview, Penny said: "We are both women in a certain place in our lives," talking about the New Zealand-born former model, who has two children, Renee and Liam

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