Dolly Parton Teases Multiple Royal Family Hangouts—Including an Invitation for George, Charlotte, and Louis
Parton shared she has plans to meet Queen Camilla later this year, and said she'd love to reschedule an invitation to tea Parton had to turn down with Kate Middleton in 2023.
Parton also extended an invitation to Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis that we'd absolutely love to see happen.It appears that Dolly Parton has multiple potential royal crossover moments in her near future, two years after turning down the opportunity to have tea with Kate Middleton in 2023.
In a new interview with The Huffington Post, Parton—who certainly knows her way around a kitchen, having launched her own line of frozen meals and baking mixes—was asked if she would ever collaborate with Meghan Markle, perhaps on the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series With Love, Meghan. (Chrissy Teigen is already rumored to be appearing on the forthcoming season 2, with Gwyneth Paltrow recently saying she'd be open to it, as well.)
'Well, never say never,' Parton—described as 'American royalty' in the article—told the outlet. 'You never know where you're gonna go.'
But then came the real kicker in the form of news Parton casually dropped next: 'In fact, I'm going to go to England in October, and I'm going to actually, hopefully, get to have tea with the Queen,' she said, referring to Queen Camilla, who, like Parton, is a staunch advocate for literacy, Camilla with her The Queen's Reading Room organization and Parton with her Imagination Library, which expanded to the U.K. in 2007.
'I think they're involved a lot with our Imagination Library there,' Parton added of the U.K. 'So I'm going to go over there and kind of really rub elbows with the royalty. So yes, anything is possible. I never say no to anything.'
Well, except for the Princess of Wales, who got turned down for tea by Parton because the country superstar's schedule was too tight for a meetup. As for a possible reschedule with the future queen, Parton added, 'I don't know if that offer still stands, but if she wants me and I'm there, I'll be right there with tea bag in hand.'
And that's not all—Parton invited Kate's kids Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis to visit her amusement park Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. 'They're all invited,' Parton said. 'We would love to have them at Dollywood, and if they decide their schedule ever permits that, well, then we will go all out to try to make it a royal treat for them.'
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