Bridgerton season 3’s first trailer has dropped, and there’s a new suitor we weren’t expecting

Bridgerton season three is fast-approaching and honestly, the more we see and hear about it, the more excited we are becoming. And we’ve just been gifted with the trappings of a full length trailer. Greetings gentle readers, indeed.

Both romantic leads, Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin (Luke Newton) are shown coming into their own. Penelope is sick of living at home, and is looking for a husband. Plus Colin, looking suitably dapper after his, ahem, ‘glow-up’, is the dishy new male lead.

A trailer highlight has to be when Bridgerton brother Benedict (yet to have his own installation), asks a shirtless Colin: “Brother, under what foreign sun did you apparently get so… sturdy?”

We also see Colin and Penelope embark on, shall we say it, flirtation lessons, to help her find a man. But will proceedings veer into them moving from friends to lovers? And what of Lord Debling, a new face on the scene who takes a shine to Penelope? Netflix has described the character as a “new suitor” for Penelope, so will we see another love triangle this season?!

After newly recast Francesca Bridgerton (played by Hannah Dodd this season) asks her brother for a moment to herself, Anthony uses this moment to dance with his wife Kate – and boy does the chemistry sizzle. He even says to Lady Bridgerton: “I should like to use [this] moment to dance with my beautiful wife.” Swoon. The duo even managed a little kiss while dancing, so it’s safe to say these guys have still got it after a seriously sexy season two.

The ton has been on our minds since we watched the second season in one sitting back in March last year – and based on what we’ve seen so far, the upcoming season’s slow burn friends-to-lovers arc will be as steamy as ever .

Considering Bridgerton is Netflix’s biggest series ever, it’s hardly surprising we are clutching our pearls for all the chaos Lady Whistledown is still yet to deliver. And the world of the Ton is certainly set to be rocked as the third season will stray from the order of author Julia Quinn’s eight books, which the Shonda Rhimes’ produced series is based upon, and focuses on Penelope and Colin.