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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Louise Lazell

‘It’s all about rebellion’: Meet the woman making £1,350 a month as a ‘medieval queen’ on TikTok

A former graphic design intern who dreamed as a child of being a princess now spends every day dressed as a medieval Queen, swishing around town in one of her 25 stunning ballgowns and her choice of 250 tiaras.

Queen Astraea, 28 – who wishes to use only her regal title and will not reveal her commoner name – crowned herself in 2020, after being made redundant from her minimum wage job in the pandemic, and is now a royal on TikTok, dressed in frocks worth between £250 and £12,000.

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