Dolly Parton Confirms She Turned Down Tea With Princess Catherine! Here's Why!

Dolly Parton ain’t got time for tea — even if it’s with the royal family?!

During an appearance on BBC Radio 2, the iconic singer revealed that while on a recent work trip in London, she received a royal invitation from Princess Catherine, aka Kate Middleton, for tea — but she turned it down!

It wasn’t being rude, of course! She explained:

“This time, Lordy, I even got invited to have tea with Kate but I couldn’t even go. I thought it was very sweet and nice of her to invite me and one of these days I’m going to get to do that — that would be great.”

Wow, sounds like quite the opportunity! So why exactly couldn’t Dolly go? Well, priorities! She joked on the radio show:

“She wasn’t going to promote my rock album so I had to say no.”

Omg! So real!

Dolly, of course, is expected to release her 49th (!!) studio album, Rockstar, in November! Gotta love a girl who knows her worth! She added how she wishes she could have explored London more while across the pond but just didn’t have enough time on this go ’round:

“I love the people, the feel of London. I don’t unfortunately [get time to sightsee]. I have in the past, me and my band, in a tour bus when we have it planned.”

Hopefully that invitation was open for the next time she’s in town, too!

Reactions, Perezcious readers? Will YOU be tuning into Dolly’s latest album when it drops? Do you think Princess Catherine took it personally? Let us know in the comments down below!

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