Rapper Nicki Minaj gave the Royal Family an unexpected shoutout during her performance in the UK last night as she gave a moment of silence to her “dear friend” Princess Diana.

During Nicki’s concert at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, the 41-year-old singer shared her unlikely love for the former Princess of Wales who passed when the rapper was just 14 years old. Nicki channeled her alter-ego Martha Zolanski as she put on a fake British accent and asked the cheering crowd to give a moment of silence for Princess Diana who died 26 years ago.

As she took to the stage in her ripped jeans and hot-pink silk gloves, Nicki shouted to the crowd: “Wales – it always reminds me of a dear friend of mine, well she’s not here anymore, but the Princess of Wales. Let’s have a moment of silence for her.”