Snoop Dogg has opened up about his friendship with Queen Elizabeth II.
The rapper was in London being interviewed by radio station Capital FM, when he talked about his bond with the late monarch.
When asked what he was going to do while he was in town, he replied, “I’ll go by the palace, see if they let me in,” referring to Buckingham Palace.
The rapper, 52, spoke about the monarch and her death in an interview with UK radio station Capital FM on July 23, affectionately describing her as “my girl.”
Interviewer Jordan North replied, “Well, I’ve heard the future king, William, is a huge Snoop fan,” to which Snoop replied, “Well, the Queen was a fan too. 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.”
A spokesperson for King Charles revealed that as far as they were aware, Snoop has not visited the royal residence.
It’s not the first time Snoop has spoken about his respect for the late Queen.
In 2015, he recalled a time she’d defended him several years earlier. In 1994, he was facing first and second degree murder charges – for which he was ultimately acquitted – and there was a campaign to kick him out of the UK while he was touring.
“Guess who came to my defence? Just take a guess,” he said. “The Queen. The Queen said, ‘This man has done nothing in our country. He can come.’ The queen… bow down… When the Queen speaks, bow down. That’s Harry and William’s grandmother, you dig?”
