Sir Rod Stewart says he's using 'power' as knight as he rents home for family of seven Ukrainian refugees

Sir Rod Stewart has revealed that he is renting a home for a family-of-seven Ukrainian refugees. The singer has said he is using his 'power' as a knight to help others and for one family who fled war-torn Ukraine, Sir Rod has found them a house, furnished it and pledged to pay their rent and bills for at least a year.

He said he usually keeps "all my charitable efforts nice and quiet," but hoped that by making his latest actions public, they might inspire others to help too. Sir Rod has provided support to Ukrainian couple Rostylsav and Olena and their five children, paying rent and bills for the property for at least a year, according to The Mirror.

The family, who arrived in the UK without speaking any English, are “lovely… so polite” and “all very grateful”, Sir Rod said. "It just makes me want to do more. I am thinking of getting another house now and getting a lot more people over," he told the publication.

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"I usually keep all my charitable efforts nice and quiet and just do it. But I thought, ‘I am a knight, I have been given this knighthood because of the things I’ve achieved in my life and the charity work I’ve done over the years.’

"But that was the past; I want to be seen to be doing something now. I am a knight, I should be using my power to do something for people. I am sure that if there are people out there who see what I am doing, they will pick up some slack too."

Sir Rod and his wife Penny Lancaster were inspired to act after witnessing the unfolding events of the ongoing war in Ukraine on the news. "Words couldn't describe what we were watching," Sir Rod said. "The bombing of innocent children, the