Rod Stewart's wild life - £300m fortune, footballer fame and secret cancer battle

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Sir Rod Stewart is set to delight audiences as he prepares to perform at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Concert on Saturday, May 4, 2022.He's no stranger to meeting The Queen, after receiving a knighthood in recognition of his services to music and charity at Buckingham Palace on October 11, 2016.Not only is he one of the biggest names in showbusiness, but in recent years, he has also revealed a few of his secret passions away from music - as well as sharing the secret behind his long lasting marriage to model Penny Lancaster, and talking openly about his battle with cancer.As Rod prepares to send crowds wild with his iconic performance at the Platinum Jubilee Concert, Daily Star takes a closer look inside his life.Not only is Rod Stewart a talented musician, but he also displayed a flair for football from a young age.Taking after his father, who played in a local football team and had also been a manager, Rod became captain of his school's football team and also played for Middlesex Schoolboys team too.That's not all, as Rod's life could have taken a very different turn, after he was put forward for football trials at Brentford F.C in 1960.However, it was not meant to be, with Rod revealing in his 2012 autobiography that he was never called back following his trail for the club.Despite this, he has still taken part in a few football matches, including playing for LA Exiles in a senior football league based in California.In an interview with The Scottish Sun, Rod also explained that playing football saved him after drinking and taking drugs in his career, saying: "Football sort of saved me a little bit.""Up until seven years ago I was still playing football Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights."Especially Sunday mornings,.