
Arriving on the scene, her friend Lady Danbury tells Simon's father, Lord Hastings, that she is going into the birthing chamber, to which he responds that it is "no place for a lady."Īfter giving birth, Simon's mother passes away with Lady Danbury finally by her side.

In episode two, Simon's mother gives birth to him with no one but staff attending to her. Right: Daphne and Simon hold their newborn son. The motif also appears in family outfits, as an embroidery on Benedict Bridgerton's shirt collar and decorative pins worn by Eloise. Netflix series, Lord Bridgerton, wife of Violet and father to the Bridgerton children, died from a allergic reaction to a bee sting in Quinn's novels, per Insider's Willen.Īt the beginning of the season, a bumblee lands on the door knocker of the Bridgerton's home, and in the final scene, one lands on the windowsill of Daphne's birthing chamber. The drone bees leave the nest in search of new queen bees. While the worker bees collect nectar and pollen to feed the colony, the sole purpose of the male (drone) is to mate. Queens & drones," he said.Ī bumblebee nest is "ruled by a queen who is helped by smaller female (worker) bumblebees," according to the Bumblee Conversation Trust. "Yes it's cute but it's also backstory, history, HEIRARCHY. The bumblebee is a "very important symbol & thematic element" for the show," Van Dusen wrote in a tweet.

Right: Gregory Bridgerton pauses on the railing of his home's grand staircase. Left: A bee lands on the Bridgertons' front door knocker. Wedgwood surged in popularity among nobility after Queen Charlotte commissioned a tea set in 1765, according to the Wedgwood Museum. "The Bridgerton house for me is like being inside a piece of Wedgwood ceramic," he said. The predominant hue reflected throughout their home is Wedgwood Blue, Hughes-Jones revealed to Town & Country. Hughes-Jones designed the Bridgerton home using a "subtle and classical" palette, he told Valentini. "Subsequently, they had a very pristine feel." They follow the rules, and they are very polished," costume designer Ellen Mirojnick explained in a Q&A with The Cut.

"The Bridgertons are at the top of the social strata. "When we were out researching locations, we took the color swatches and fabrics with us," he said. The reason for thisis that costume designers came to the show and created a lookbook before Hughes-Jones arrived, he told Valentini. Throughout the series, there is "synergy between the sets and the costumes," production designer Will Hughes-Jones told journalist Valentina Valentini Q&A published by Shondaland. Daphne Bridgerton and her mother, Violet Bridgerton, attend to needlepoint in their drawing room.
