We know that Simon Basset aka The Duke went to university with Daphne's brother Anthony, so is a few years older than her. Reports say he is 29, while actor Regé-Jean Page was born in 1990 so is 32 in real life.
As the eldest, Anthony, played by Jonathan Bailey, is supposed to be 31 years old. This has been worked out by the fact he is 9 years old than his sister Daphne and is of similar age to the Duke of Hastings, his university friend. In real life, Jonathan is 33.
The Netflix series starts off with experiencing her first ever season which only happens when you turn 21. So this means there is an eight-year age gap between Daphne and Simon. While this may seem like a big age difference, this was very common in the 19th Century.
In the show, the Bridgerton kids and their friends range from 11 to 31 years old. But many of the actors are significantly older than their characters.
Up next in the Bridgerton line is Colin, who is the third oldest overall. Just older than Daphne, Colin should be around 22 or 23 years old in the second season. The character is played by Luke Newton, who is 29 years old in real life.
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Kate calls Edwina bon while Edwina calls her didi. While these might be perceived as cute nicknames, they're Bengali phrases for “younger sister” and “sister,” respectively.
According to Julia Quinn's novels, Edwina is 17 years old.
Despite Daphne making her entrance into society at 21, Eloise was pushed into the marriage mart much earlier, at the age of 18. She had already delayed her debut by a year, so she was compelled to appear before the Queen in season 2 of Bridgerton.
The show's writing is powerful. While the series portrays young women in their early 20s (the real age of the actresses), in Regency-era London a debutante marrying during her first season out, like the series' protagonist Daphne, would actually have been no more than 16 years old.
Much like her mother, Daphne follows family tradition and names her five children in alphabetical order. Starting with the couple's first child Amelia, the Hastings give birth to two more daughters, Belinda and Caroline, and then two sons, David and Edward.
By the end of season one, Daphne and Simon have reconciled their differences. Their "happily ever after" ending features the the birth of a new baby, August (nicknamed Auggie).
Daphne and Simon have five children together: Amelia, Belinda, Caroline, David, and Edward. Amelia marries Robert Joliffe, Viscount Lowestoft, and they have two children: Charles and Thomas.
Four years later, Daphne gives birth to their fourth child and first son, David. Simon knows he will love his son no matter what, just as he does his three daughters.
While this complicated love triangle takes center stage, Anthony's storyline also dives into why he's pushing love away at age 30: the heartbreak, trauma and grief from his father's sudden death, which he witnessed at age 18 and the show portrays through flashbacks.
Eloise does not become pregnant in Quinn's second book, but she does become a stepmum in the fifth book titled To Sir Phillip, With Love, where she is considered a “spinster” because she is unmarried at the age of 28.
In author Julia Quinn's Bridgerton book series, Kate and Anthony welcome four children: Edmund, Miles, Charlotte and Mary. They also have a dog named Newton. Ashley confirmed in March that she'll be returning for the show's upcoming third season.
The fact that Colin has previously declared that he will never marry her, another. But slowly, over time, the third eldest Bridgerton brother realizes that Penelope is indeed his one and only. By the end of the series, the pair share four children.
Six and twenty is an archaic way of saying 26 — which is how old Kate is in the season when we meet her. It's a unique way of saying one's age; however, the method was a common way of saying one's age during the regency era.
Nicola Coughlan and Claudia Jessie are both known for playing 18-year-old characters Penelope Featherington and Eloise Bridgerton, respectively, on the popular Netflix drama.
We know that Simon Basset aka The Duke went to university with Daphne's brother Anthony, so is a few years older than her. Reports say he is 29, while actor Regé-Jean Page was born in 1990 so is 32 in real life.
Edwina getting a happily ever after is something that happens in Quinn's novel, though it is not Prince Friedrich she marries because he is a character who appears solely in the Bridgerton series. In the books, Edwina ends up marrying Mr. Bagwell, a scholar and second son in his family.
They're the talk of 21st century India as well. They're Kate (played by Simone Ashley) and Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran), who arrive in the U.K. with their mother Mary in search of love and marriage. In the Bridgerton universe, Mary is the daughter of the Earl of Sheffield and his Indian wife.
Throughout the series, both Kate and Edwina refer to their dad as "appa", which means "father" in Tamil.
The Sharmas' Heritage
Kate (Simone Ashley) and Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran) are of Indian heritage in the series, but in the book, they are described as pale and blonde. (The series is diverse, something that isn't true of the book.)