{"id":174496,"date":"2026-08-26T15:14:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=174496"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:14:42","slug":"this-is-what-dolly-parton-was-nervous-about-when-she-met-queen-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/this-is-what-dolly-parton-was-nervous-about-when-she-met-queen-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"This is what Dolly Parton was nervous about when she met Queen Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dolly Parton<\/strong> once revealed that she was extremely nervous about meeting<strong> Queen Elizabeth<\/strong> because of her fear of not performing proper curtsy manners. The meeting between the two legends took place in May 1977, when Dolly performed at the Royal Variety Show at the King\u2019s Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. The event was held to celebrate Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Silver Jubilee and her 25th year. The show also featured the Jackson 5, Scottish vocalist Sydney Devine and English comedian Frankie Howerd, making it a star-studded lineup.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dolly-Parton-Queen-Elizabeth.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dolly-Parton-Queen-Elizabeth.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dolly-Parton-Queen-Elizabeth-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dolly-Parton-Queen-Elizabeth-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dolly-Parton-Queen-Elizabeth-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dolly-Parton-Queen-Elizabeth-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dolly-Parton-Queen-Elizabeth-860x484.jpeg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The \u201c9 to 5\u201d songwriter later explained that her worries disappeared when she finally met the Queen backstage. Speaking to Business Insider in 2023, the artist recalled Queen Elizabeth as warm, sweet and understanding. Dolly said she had been afraid of bending incorrectly while performing the traditional curtsy, but she quickly realized that the monarch did not seem worried about small mistakes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cEven though you have to do the protocol, you have to bow and all that, I could tell that she didn\u2019t care about that. That\u2019s just something she had to do,\u201d she recalled in 2023. \u201cI was scared to death that I was not going to know how to curtsy, that I wasn\u2019t going to bend right, but she was just very warm, very sweet, and I could tell she was a very giving person. And just meeting the Queen of England, just to meet a queen, it was amazing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remembering the late, great Dolly, who brought joy, comfort and inspiration to so many &#8211; including the millions of children given free books through her Imagination Library. We will always \u2764\ufe0f you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wdKHKGALlH\">pic.twitter.com\/wdKHKGALlH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoyalFamily\/status\/2092564347641868480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After Queen Elizabeth passed away on September 8, 2022, the Queen of Country shared a photograph from their meeting and praised the monarch for carrying herself with grace and strength. \u201cMay she rest in peace,\u201d she said to conclude her post. Then, following Dolly Parton\u2019s passing on August 25, 2026, the British royal family honored her at Buckingham Palace by having the Coldstream Guards perform her famous 1980 hit \u201c9 to 5.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cWe will always love you,\u201d the royal family said with a heart emoji in their caption honoring the singer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolly Parton once revealed that she was extremely nervous about meeting Queen Elizabeth because of her fear of not performing proper curtsy manners. The meeting between the two legends took place in May 1977, when Dolly performed at the Royal Variety Show at the King\u2019s Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. 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