Spoilers ahead for Bridgerton season three and the Queen Charlotte prequel.
The friendship between Lady Agatha Danbury and Violet Bridgerton is key to the Bridgerton series—and their backstory is laid out in the Queen Charlotte prequel that debuted on Netflix last year.
In fact, season three of Bridgerton takes place after the “present day” scenes of Queen Charlotte (more on the Bridgerton/Queen Charlotte timeline here), and there are references to the prequel throughout this season—most notably in Violet (Ruth Gemmell) and Danbury’s (Adjoa Andoh) storylines.
In a scene late in the season, the old friends discuss Violet’s budding romance with Agatha’s brother, Marcus Anderson (Daniel Francis), over drinks. “You’ll have my support in Francesca’s absence,” Agatha tells Violet, “and my brother, too, if you want him.” Violet replies, “We don’t need to discuss that,” but Agatha insists that they should.
“Mr. Anderson is a model gentleman, and if you give your blessing—” Violet begins, before Agatha interjects, “it is certainly not my place to give or withhold your blessing on this matter. You are both adults, you can do whatever you like.” After a moment of silence, Lady Danbury adds, “After all, I am not the one asking your permission.”
If you haven’t seen Queen Charlotte, this comment may be confusing: It refers to the event in the prequel, where a young, recently widowed Agatha Danbury (Arsema Thomas) has an affair with Violet’s father, Sir Ledger (Keir) Charles. In the season three finale, Agatha asks Violet if she knows, to which Violet replies, “I know my father was a good man. And he was a very good friend. And that’s all I need to know.” The camera then zooms out to a paper crown, which Mr. Ledger would make for Violet on her birthday as a young girl, and which he would make for Agatha a year later.
While there are no plans for a Queen Charlotte sequel, it’s possible that another Bridgerton spinoff could focus on a young Violet Ledger.
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