Rod Stewart was a proud father of the groom as he attended his son Liam’s wedding Nicole Artukovich in Croatia on Friday.
The bride and groom were joined by their blended family as they gathered at the church of St. Ignatius in Dubrovnik.
Singer Rod, 79, beamed as he watched on alongside his glamorous wife Penny Lancaster, 53, who looked incredible in a lilac satin gown with a thigh high split.
Ice hockey star Liam, 28, got engaged to project manager Nicole last July two months before welcoming their first child together, a son called Louie.
His mother is Kiwi model Rachel Hunter, Sir Rod’s second wife, who looked incredible in a teal gown at the wedding.
Also in attendance were Rod’s youngest sons Alastair, 18, and Aiden, 13 – his kids with wife Penny.
Rod Stewart was a proud father of the groom as he attended his son Liam’s wedding Nicole Artukovich in Croatia on Friday alongside his glamorous wife Penny Lancaster
Ice hockey star Liam, 28, got engaged to project manager Nicole last July. His mother is Kiwi model Rachel Hunter, Sir Rod’s second wife, who looked incredible in a teal gown
Also in attendance at the wedding was Rod’s youngest sons Alastair, 18, (right) and Aiden, 13, (front) – his kids with wife Penny
The bride Nicole Artukovich was spotted making her way into the church
Also in Rod’s vast brood is Sean, 43, and Kimberly, 44, with ex-wife Alana Stewart; daughter Ruby, 36, with ex-girlfriend Kelly Emberg; Liam’s sister Renee, 31; and Sarah, 59.
Rachel and Rod were married from 1990 until 2006.
The couple met at a Los Angeles night-club the night before Sir Rod, then 45, was planning to propose to model Kelly Emberg, with whom he shares daughter Ruby.
But Sir Rod was enamoured by Rachel, then 21, who had recently appeared in a high-profile Sports Illustrated fitness video.
The couple had Renee and son Liam before going their separate ways.
Speaking to The Times, Renee, who recently qualified as a yoga teacher, revealed how her father’s brood of children – he now has eight with five different women – would get together for ‘amazing’ ‘tribe gatherings’ when she was younger.
But she said she would hide her famous father’s identity in school because she was determined to be her own person.
‘It’s just not cool to talk about your parents,’ she said. ‘When I was at school in LA, if people asked me what my dad did I’d say, “Oh he’s in entertainment”.
‘No disrespect to him, but you want to make your own life. You want to be your own person. Trading off it can really screw you up and it kind of makes people cringe.’
Penny looked incredible in a lilac gown with a thigh high split and a giant bow on the bodice
Penny’s ensemble put her enviably long legs on display, while a pair of gold platform heels gave her height further boost
Rod was dressed to impress in a silver satin trouser suit and a pale yellow waistcoat
The celebrity pair looked in great spirits as they prepared to watch Liam get married
The pair were mobbed by wedding guests at the picturesque location
The groom looked in good spirits as he made his way into the church accompanied by his mother and his two younger siblings
Renee, who has modelled for Dolce & Gabbana, explained her father was often the picture of pride on these family holidays but that her mother, and his other ex-partners, were not invited.
While it would have been little surprise had the son of one of the biggest rock stars in the world pursued his father’s great sporting passion of football, instead Liam opted for ice hockey.
‘I love it,’ said Liam, talking exclusively to Sportsmail in 2015 about his role as one of Coventry’s defensive forwards and penalty killer.
Liam currently plays for Milton Keynes Lightning in the NIHL, the second-tier of Britain’s professional ice hockey leagues.
‘I get more satisfaction out of blocking shots than I do scoring a goal for some reason.
‘I don’t know why, but my coach in the juniors gave me a lot of praise for doing that so I took that under my wing and ran with it.
‘I’ve broken my foot a couple of times and last year I shattered my ankle, but it’s all part of being a hockey player. It’s all healed now and I’m ready to go.
‘I don’t mind grinding it out in the corners and maybe a fight here and there. I won’t be the guy who goes out and instigates it but if something happens I’m fine.’
Liam looked dapper in a cream suit as he showed up for the wedding
Liam hugged his friends as he greeted people coming into the church
The wedding guests were dolled up for the glamorous occasion
One wedding guest looked incredible in a plunging mint green gown as she made her way into the church
That means Rod and Rachel’s boy will throw his body in the way of pucks travelling at close to 100mph to stop his team conceding goals.
‘You never worry about injury because in that split second when you’re going down you don’t think about it, and when it hits you it’s quite the feeling you get,’ smiled Stewart, who turns 22 on Monday. ‘There’s no fear.’
So how did the son of a singer, who is as big as ever at 71, get to be a professional ice hockey player and what does dad think about it?
‘He’s supportive but he would have loved it more if I’d played football because that’s his sport,’ admitted Liam.
‘He loves coming to watch me play, he enjoys watching the sport, but I’m not sure he’s always been sure of the rules. I’ve said to him, “All you have to worry about is when we score, Dad.”
‘I’m sure he will come to watch me at Coventry but he’s got a UK tour and that takes in gigs at Belfast and Sheffield so he might see me at away games.’
Liam caught the ice hockey bug when his parents took him to see one of the biggest clubs in the world — the New York Rangers — when he was four.
‘I played football up until I was 14 but I’d been at a New York Rangers game when I was younger and it had made a big impact on me,’ said Liam. ‘I said to my mum, “This is what I want to play”.
‘As soon as my junior side Spokane came calling I thought it might be a sport where I could go somewhere and here I am playing professionally.’
The night before the wedding the couple threw a party with family
The bride and groom to be cosied up to one another for sweet snaps
Liam posed with his famous father who enjoyed a cocktail
Ice hockey star Liam, 28, got engaged to project manager Nicole last July two months before welcoming their first child together, a son called Louie
