The two friends start the series in a good place, although they face a bumpy road. They run into each other as Violet mourns the anniversary of her husband’s death. Lady Danbury calls her lucky, which irritates Violet until she learns more about the Danburys’ marriage and realizes that she was lucky to have a great love, even if she did lose it. With a new understanding of her friend, Violet grows closer to Lady Danbury. She admits to Lady Danbury that, in the years since her husband’s death, Violet hasn’t thought of love, yet things are changing. Violet talks of her “garden in bloom” as she contemplates marrying again or taking a lover. She asks for advice, as Lady Danbury has been a widow longer, and Lady Danbury alludes to her own romantic endeavors since her husband’s death. The conversation makes Danbury nostalgic, reminds her first real love, Lord Ledger. She pulled out the old birthday crown to reminisce, but things do not remain so simple.
On one of her visits, Violet noticed the birthday crown, which Lady Danbury carelessly hid. But she questioned about Lady Danbury’s former loves goes nowhere. She names another man to quiet the questions, but Violet does not give up easily. She confronts Lady Danbury by bringing out all the birthday crowns from her father and the ones she made for her husband and kids and inviting the other woman over. The lifetime of birthday crowns fill the room, each unique but similar to Lady Danbury’s crown. By gauging her reaction, Violet gets the answer she already knew, though Lady Danbury doesn’t say the words. The revelation sends the two former friends into an uncomfortable place. The revelation comes at the end of Queen Charlotte, so it’s unclear how they each feel about the truth being out in the open. And with Agatha’s relationship with Violet’s father no longer a secret, can their friendship remain unchanged?
How Will the Events in ‘Queen Charlotte’ Impact Their Relationship in ‘Bridgerton’?
With the secret revealed the friends could easily become closer than ever. Or they could grow apart. As the revelation is their final scene, it’s unclear which direction they will go. The spinoff expands Lady Danbury and Violet’s friendship, as the former guides her younger friend through the process of moving on in widowhood. But, as the realization of what happened so many years ago occurs at the end, it raises the question of how they will proceed. Violet’s parents weren’t in love, but she may not have realized that as a child, so she may feel some resentment toward Agatha as her father’s lover. For now, fans can only guess if Violet can forgive her friend for the affair, the lie, or both. Going into Bridgerton Season 3, these two may better understand each other, or they may no longer be the friends they once were, perhaps bringing a new sort of drama to the ton for Lady Whistledown to gossip about.
