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The Duke and Duchess of Rutland s glamorous daughters are taking advantage of having a Christmas at home, and have shared snaps of their low-key festivities.
Lady Violet, 27, Lady Alice, 25, and Lady Eliza, 23, - stalwarts of the London social scene - have delighted their many Instagram followers with photos from their Yuletide celebrations.
The family, who call Grade I-listed Belvoir Castle, in Leicestershire, home, have spent the day enjoying idyllic country walks with their pets following an evening affair in very stylish ensembles.
Their grand stately home has formed the backdrop for scenes in Young Victoria in 2007, The Da Vinci Code and season two of hit The Crown - where Matt Smith and Claire Foy filmed in one of the opulent rooms, which stood in for Windsor Castle.
In Bridgerton, Shonda Rhimes stakes a sumptuous, provocative claim on Netflix - and the traditional period drama
Hank Stuever, The Washington Post
Dec. 23, 2020
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1of5Phoeby Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page in Bridgerton, the first Shonda Rhimes production to premiere on Netflix.Liam Daniel/NetflixShow MoreShow Less
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No one can lay a special claim of ownership on the TV period drama. It is not sacred space or a part of a historical preservation act. It s make-believe, and therefore communal property. The crunchy gravel, the chandeliers, the gardens, the grand foyers, the full-length gloves, the piano forte, the needlepoint, the riding boots, the love letters sent in great haste. All of this is surely fair game for fresh takes just as much as, say, the hospital drama, the legal thriller or the noir mystery. These deeply entrenched genres are i
It’s hard not to think about
Downton Abbey when watching
Both are splendid melodramas in quite magnificent costumery and sumptuous locations.
Bridgerton is based on novels by US author Julia Quinn, set in the high society of Regency England, 1813. That’s also the year in which
Pride & Prejudice was published, and the influences are easy to see in a world where keeping up appearances must be maintained at all costs.
Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) is the central character, the pretty but unmarried eldest daughter of wealthy widow Lady Violet (Ruth Gemmell).
Yet as our occasional narrator -more on her shortly- warns us, “The brighter a lady shines the faster she may burn.”
‘Bridgerton’: A deliciously gifted, diverse cast delivers a smart, sexy period romance (review)
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
Regé-Jean Page as Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, and Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne Bridgerton in the Netflix series, Bridgerton. (Photo: Liam Daniel/Netflix) LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
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If you’ve read anything at all about “Bridgerton,” the first scripted series from TV super producer Shonda Rhimes as part of her lucrative deal with Netflix, you’ve probably heard “Bridgerton” characterized as “Jane Austen meets ‘Gossip Girl.’”
It’s easy to see how that elevator pitch came about. “Bridgerton,” inspired by Seattle-based author Julia Quinn’s historical romance novels, has the requisite array of British types fussing over social customs, advantageous marriages and status. The series, which takes place in early 1800s London, is narrated by an unseen insider (Julie Andrews provides the deliciously plummy