Snoop Dogg has spoken out about his special bond with the late Queen Elizabeth II.
In an interview with U.K. radio station Capital FM, the rapper sat down for tea at the posh Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel in London with interviewer Jordan North, where they touched on the “Gin and Juice” hitmaker’s relationship with the longest-reigning British Monarch.
“I’ll go by the palace, see if they let me in,” he said during the interview on July 23, presumably referring to Buckingham Palace. North replied, “Well, I’ve heard the future king, William, is a huge Snoop fan.”
“Well, the Queen was a fan too,” Snoop remarked, adding, “Rest in peace to the Queen, that was my girl. You know what I’m saying? So, just may want to go up and, you know, see what you do.”
This isn’t the first time Snoop has spoken about the Queen. In a 2015 interview published in The Guardian, he revealed that Queen Elizabeth II had intervened in his deportation from the U.K. amid calls for him to be kicked out of the country while he was touring back in 1994.
“When they tried to kick me out of England, the Queen made a comment that her grandbabies loved Snoop Doggy Dogg, and he had done no wrong in the U.K., so she gave me permission to be here,” he shared.
Snoop added, “Those grandbabies grew up to be Prince William and Harry, so I had influence on them, and they had influence on their grandmother, which enabled me to get into this beautiful country. They love my music, and it is what it is. There’s a mutual love and respect.”
Elsewhere in the Capital FM interview, Snoop spoke about another one of his unlikely friends – Martha Stewart.
As Jordan showed Snoop the ropes when it came to high tea etiquette, the rap star quipped, “Oh etiquette is key, I have a friend named Martha Stewart who loves teaching me that word etiquette. Yeah, in the hood we don’t have etiquette, we just get cracking, like a breakfast egg.”
In more Snoop-related news, the artist-turned-unofficial Olympic Ambassador has been busy exploring everything the Paris 2024 Olympics has to offer.
He has been a fan-favorite correspondent all over NBC broadcasts, providing lively coverage of the 2024 Olympic Games.
Recently, he caught up with swimming icon and 23-time gold medalist Michael Phelps for some tips in a video shared by NBC Sports on Monday (July 29). The 52-year-old has been spotted across the Olympic Village, cheering on gymnastics competitions, chatting with Simone Biles’ mother, and serving as an official torchbearer for the United States.