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Rod Stewart and Phil Collins were both invited to celebrate The King’s Trust 50th Anniversary at Buckingham Palace with King Charles
Stewart, 81, was accompanied by wife Penny Lancaster while Collins, 75, attended with ex Jill Collins
Collins was recently announced as a 2026 inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rod Stewart and Phil Collins enjoyed time together at a special event in the UK.
Collins, 75, was accompanied by his ex-wife, Jill Collins, to spend an afternoon at Buckingham Palace on May 14, to celebrate The King’s Trust 50th Anniversary Party. She shared a photo, along with Penny Lancaster, of the four of them celebrating the day together.
“Despite the downpours of torrential rain which did not seem to dampen the festivities @officialphilcollins and I were very proud and honored to be there and have a few private moments with King Charles who seemed genuinely pleased to see Phil who was the very first ambassador 40 years ago and a trustee even before that! We ran into @sirrodstewart and @penny.lancaster among other old (in the nicest sense of the word) friends,” she wrote.
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Jill also took a moment to announce an auction to benefit the King’s Trust, coming later this year.
“In other news, Phil and I are working together on an auction to benefit @kingstrust in November in London with @juliens_auctions so please keep checking their website for more info. as it will be constantly updated. We are donating hundreds of items from our personal archives with 100% of the proceeds benefiting @kingstrust as well as asking others to donate very special personal items,” she wrote.
“Phil has also designed a tshirt which will be sold with all the proceeds going to @kingstrust. If you do not know the amazing work @kingstrust does to help young people please take a minute or two to look it up!”
The Genesis musician shared an update in January 2026 and revealed that he’s been experiencing particularly “difficult” challenges over the last few years.
“It’s an ongoing thing,” he told host Zoe Ball on the Jan. 21 episode of BBC’s Eras podcast. “I have a 24-hour live-in nurse to make sure I take my medication as I should do. I’ve had challenges with my knee. I had everything that could go wrong with me, did go wrong with me.”
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