True Story of Lady Whistledown's Scandal Sheets in 'Bridgerton'
In Bridgerton, no one sends ripples of fear, delight, and raging curiosity through London’s upper crust society quite like Lady Whistledown, the anonymous yet all-knowing gossip maven who declares with acid-tongued authority which debutante is an “incomparable” and which scandal-tarnished aristocratic male would be better off leaving London at once. In the new series, airing now on Netflix, even the Queen of England follows every syllable written by Lady Whistledown—and she, like the other characters, are often motivated by a desire to triumph over the gossip writer’s barbs or ext...
Source: townandcountrymag.com