Allow me to curtsy and confess…
I wasn’t born in a palace.
There was no trumpet at my birth (unless you count the morning alarm).
And my royal lineage? Mostly dusty books, daydreams, and an ever-growing collection of tiara-shaped bookmarks.
But somewhere between a childhood obsession with The Princess Diaries and a late-night rabbit hole on Anne Boleyn, something took hold.
I became curious.
The kind of curious that fills notebooks, hoards library cards, and whispers “just one more fact” at 2am.
And so, Crowned & Curious was born.
Not from nobility—but from notebooks. Not from grandeur—but from genuine awe for the women history tried to silence, simplify, or overlook.
Here at Gilded Willow Manor (technically a fourth-floor apartment with a rooftop garden, but let’s not ruin the illusion), I sip tea, shuffle through scrolls, and ask the questions no history book ever quite answered.
- Did Marie Antoinette really wear a ship on her head?
- What would Queen Elizabeth I post on Instagram?
- And what love letters got lost behind locked royal doors?
I’m Lottie Bennett—your pocket historian, typewriter romantic, and royal gossip enthusiast.
With one hand in the archives and the other balancing a teacup, I’m here to bring the queens to life, one curious tale at a time.
So pull up a velvet chair.
The stories are warm, the tea is hot, and the crowns? Slightly askew—just how we like them.
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