Penny Lancaster supported by proud Rod Stewart as she passes Special Constable training

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Sir Rod Stewart, 77, was present and grinning proudly at the passing out ceremony, during which his 51-year-old wife Penny Lancaster was formally acknowledged as a fully trained Special Constable.The former model marched in a City of London police parade, clad in her black uniform and hat, to celebrate passing her training.Former model Penny had admitted to feeling as though her life lacked purpose following the menopause, and she was seeking a way to regain it through serving her country.She posed in her black, white and red checked uniform with a certificate of completion yesterday, confirming that her training programme was over, as she honoured the news by marching with a group of officers.Sir Rod has been fully supportive of her, proudly revealing on the Graham Norton show that she had trained for eight months and "loved" it."I backed her all the way.She says she loves giving something back, but more importantly she wants to protect the city she loves," he explained.Penny has already made her first arrest - of a man who tested positive for cannabis while driving earlier in the year - and she was able to serve the country during Queen Elizabeth II's funeral procession, too.She first got a taste for the police force when she appeared on the Channel 4 show Famous and Fighting Crime.The show sees celebrities trading in their usual day jobs to help the emergency services and walk in their shoes for the day.During the filming, she admitted to being "anxious" as she was harassed by a drug dealer who threatened to stab her.However, she was ultimately undeterred, and when her TV role ended, she applied to become a Special Constable - as a volunteer at first - to continue serving the country.No one had quite been expecting.