Although Dolly Parton has her personal cookbooks and model new line of frozen meals, the nation legend nonetheless isn’t certain about doing her personal cooking present.
So HuffPost requested Parton, who’s America’s model of royalty, if she can be open to collaborating with Meghan Markle, one other American royal who has a cooking and life-style present.
“Well, never say never, you never know where you’re gonna go,” she mentioned. “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.”
Parton added, “I think they’re involved a lot with our Imagination Library there.” Queen Camilla, specifically, has based “The Queen’s Reading Room,” a literary charity and ebook membership.
“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,” Parton mentioned.
And whereas Parton was unable to get tea with Kate Middleton on the books throughout a go to to the U.Okay. in 2023 on account of a busy schedule, she’s actually open to a different assembly.
“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,” Parton mentioned with amusing.
Parton had beforehand invited Prince William and Kate’s three kids ― Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis ― over to her Tennessee theme park, Dollywood. That invitation nonetheless stands, as effectively.
“They’re all invited. 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,” she mentioned.
Parton has spoken about her connections with the royals over time and posted a shifting tribute to Queen Elizabeth II after her demise in September 2022.
“I had the honour of meeting and performing for Queen Elizabeth II on my trip to London in 1977, Parton said in an Instagram post at the time, alongside a photo of the two’s encounter. “She carried herself with grace and strength her entire life. May she Rest in Peace. My thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time.”
