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'Would hate to see it' Rod Stewart details fears for Union Jack amid Scottish independence
“Which is apparently what they're intending to do."Sir Rod previously threw his support behind a Yes vote in Scotland.Speaking to BBC Scotland’s The Nine show in November of 2019, he confessed it would be “a shame” to see the Union split.Sir Rod said: “I’m somewhat of a traditionalist.“It would be a shame to see the British Isles break up.“It would be a shame to see that blue off the Union Jack.“But if it is good for Scotland then I’m happy.”He added: “It’s always been a spiritual home but as I don’t live there I shouldn’t comment on independence."I hope it’s not a lot of kids thinking ‘Braveheart’.”Sir Rod has ancestral links to Scotland.His father, Robert Joseph Stewart, was Scottish, but his mother, Elsie Rebecca Gilbart, was born in
