As the iconic Snoop Dogg grabs the spotlight at the Paris 2024 Olympics, a throwback interview ahead of his France jaunt is setting social media abuzz, revealing his surprising bond with Queen Elizabeth II.

While speaking to Capital FM’s Jordan North on July 23, amidst a London stay, Snoop Dogg mused about his plans before jetting off to Paris.

In an effortless response to what his London agenda entailed, Snoop quipped: “I’ll go by the palace, see if they let me in,” nodding towards Buckingham Palace.

Upon hearing North highlight Prince William’s admiration for him, Snoop Dogg divulged that the late monarch also cherished his music, saying: “Well, the Queen was a fan too.”

He then affectionately and added, “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.”

Tracing the roots of this peculiar rapport to 1994, during his UK tour amidst calls for deportation over a then-active murder charge which was eventually dismissed, Snoop recounted to The Guardian how the Queen’s words shielded him, stating: “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 UK, so she gave me permission to be here.”

“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,” he continued. “They love my music, and it is what it is.”, reports the Mirror.

In a later interview, Snoop even went on to share his vision for how the late monarch had explained his UK visit to Prince Harry, as he joked: “‘You know Harry, I’ll let him in for you. He’s not so bad after all and he’s quite cute,'” he imagined. “The Queen, that’s my gal.”

Despite his suggestion that he would visit the palace, it was later revealed that Snoop hadn’t managed to fit a visit into his busy schedule. The star is now currently in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he has served as a torchbearer and special correspondent for NBC Sports providing coverage of the international sporting event.

“I’ve been out here working the Olympics, talking to the athletes, to the families, and meeting the people and kissing the babies,” he told NBC. “And doing the things that I do to politically stay correct, and just being Snoop Dogg. That’s what I know how to do the best.”