Bridgerton Penelope Lady

Penelope isn t for one moment considered a possible candidate both by eloise and bridgerton seems to presume by the viewer which makes her the perfect person to be lady whistledown.

Bridgerton penelope lady. It turns out that penelope featherington was lady whistledown all along. Penelope is likely someone you least expected but if you re a reader of julia quinn s bridgerton novels then you already knew penelope is lady whistledown herself. Spoilers for bridgerton season 1 follow.

Penelope featherington is youngest featherington child. Her mother insisted she be presented and penelope was presented to the queen along with her two older sisters. The normally shy featherington shines a coquettish smile as she unveils herself to the audience towards the end of after the rain suggesting she takes some pleasure in her role writing the scandal papers.

Fans of the julia quinn books that bridgerton is based on already know that of course. While bridgerton honored julia quinn s novels by keeping penelope featherington as lady whistledown they jumped the gun on revealing her identity. Penelope featherington is revealed as lady whistledown in the bridgerton season 1 finale which is a twist that adds yet more heartbreak to her story.

Yes the quick witted and outspoken anonymous gossip columnist played by nicola coughlan and voiced by julie andrews is the shy and unassuming best friend of eloise and also secretly desperately in love with colin bridgerton it s this unrequited infatuation that gave us the biggest hint to her identity earlier in the season but we ll get to that in a moment. Showrunner chris van dusen also confirmed that he and the show s writers decided to follow the series of romance novels by julia quinn on which bridgerton is based and keep penelope as whistledown. At the start of the 1813 social season penelope was presented to society over her objections that she d rather wait another year like her close friend eloise bridgerton.

Though she was disinterested in entering society.