Sir Rod Stewart left workers at a five-star lodge with a £10,000 tip — and informed them to guess it on Scotland taking house the trophy within the Euros 2024.
The 78-year-old rock idol, who was as soon as labelled as ‘tight as two coasts of paint’ by Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, left the ultra-generous tip to workers at Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire.
Stewart had been staying there along with his spouse Penny Lancaster and his two sons Alastair and Aiden for New Year.
Together they celebrated Celtic beating Rangers 2-1 within the Scottish Premiership on Saturday, December 30, it was reported in The Times.
Stewart had been staying on the Gleneagles Hotel along with his spouse Penny Lancaster and his two sons Alastair and Aiden for New Year
Main entrance to Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland, the place Stewart stayed along with his household for New Year
Speaking to the Daily Record, Stewart stated the service at Gleneagles is ‘second to none’ and workers deserve ‘ever penny’.
He stated: ‘The workers do a terrific job at a really hectic time of the yr and deserve each penny.
‘It’s Scottish hospitality at its perfect. I suggested the girls and boys at Gleneagles to speculate the cash properly: stick the lot on Scotland to win the Euros.’
Germany will host the Euro 2024 match which is ready to happen from June 14 to July 14.
The frugal father-of-eight is famously cautious with how he spends his cash, however seems to be remodeling right into a beneficiant softy in his golden years.
It’s the most recent in a string of beneficiant acts of kindness by the beloved singer-songwriter, who reportedly has a wealth in extra of £200 million.
Stewart, who has had six primary hits within the UK charts, rolled as much as his native NHS hospital in Essex final yr to personally pay for sufferers to have scans to assist lower ready lists.
Sir Rod Stewart throughout a go to to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow in 2023
Sir Rod Stewart poses for a selfie with medics on the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex
Meanwhile, a pupil nurse within the NHS was gifted £5,000 from the rockstar to assist her via ‘tough occasions’ after she contracted Covid-19 and needed to put her nursing profession on maintain.
Natasha Jenkins spent 22 days on a ventilator and was gifted a cheque from the Maggie May singer upon her return to her household.
She stated on the time: ‘I’m doing actually good now. When I noticed what Rod Stewart had despatched me I used to be completely gobsmacked. It was a extremely, actually beautiful sort factor for him to do.
‘I used to be gobsmacked with the cheque. I’ve joined a fitness center which helps me bodily and mentally and life is actually good on the minute.’
Stewart additionally discovered a £500,000 townhouse for a household escaping war-torn Ukraine, pledging to pay their hire and payments for at the very least a yr.
In his early days, Stewart admitted to refilling his youngsters’s fizzy drink bottles to save lots of money and was even accused of charging his previous girlfriends hire.
‘My father, being a Scotsman, taught me to take care of funds. I’m shrewd. Some folks might name me tight. My previous pal Ronnie Wood loves making jokes about it. “Tight as two coats of paint,” he calls me. Tight as two coats of paint,’ Sir Rod stated to Esquire in 2013.