Bridgerton : The Featherington Family Facts
One of the biggest changes to the Featherington family is that the show has removed Felicity, the fourth Featherington daughter, the sister Penelope was closest to, and also Hyacinth Bridgerton (Florence Hunt)’s best friend.
In the books, Mrs. Featherington (Polly Walker) sees Felicity as her last chance to find a great husband for one of her daughters, even suggesting that she marry Colin. The Featheringtons in the books also have less money troubles, as Penelope has been secretly drawing money from her Whistledown fund for the family with the help of a solicitor, who, interestingly, in the books encouraged her to write her column and helped set her up with everything she needed with a publisher and a bank account.
As for sisters Prudence (Bessie Carter) and Phillippa (Harriet Cains), while on the show they are in a race to see who can have a son first and continue the Featherington line, in the books they are less involved and marry completely different characters.
In the show, Prudence marries Harry Dankworth (James Phoon), while in the books she marries a man called Robert Huxley. As for Phillippa, she marries Albion Finch (Lorn Macdonald) in season three, while in the books she marries Nigel Berbrooke (who you may remember as one of Daphne’s rude suitors in season one).
And what about Violet Bridgerton’s potential romance with Marcus Danbury?
In both the book and the show, Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) is busy looking for a mate for her unmarried children. In the books, Violet has also long since moved out of the Bridgerton household and now lives in what the family lovingly calls Number Five (as they joke that they couldn’t think of a better name). And while author Julia Quinn never reveals what happens to Violet after all her children marry, season three hints at a possible romance between the Bridgerton mother and Lady Danbury’s (Adjoa Andoh) brother, Lord Marcus (Daniel Francis)—who doesn’t exist in the books.
Another difference in the Bridgerton family? Younger siblings Hyacinth and Gregory (Will Tilston) are much older in the fourth novel—with Hyacinth enjoying her first season and Gregory finishing his final semester at Cambridge University—whereas the show still sees them in the background as their older siblings deal with their current problems. However, we’ll likely hear more about them in future seasons, as Hyacinth’s love story is told in the seventh book, It’s in His Kiss, and Gregory’s is in the eighth, On the Way to the Wedding.
The Aftermath
One small change from book to screen is that, in the book, after Colin’s proposal, he and Penelope actually go to the Featherington family home to share the news with her loved ones. Hilarity ensues when Mrs. Featherington assumes he’s there to meet her daughter Felicity, before Colin becomes determined to marry Pen and even defends how wonderfully protective she is of her mother (something that Penelope clearly swoons over).
However, in the show, the couple first arrive at the Bridgerton house, where everyone is delighted—except Eloise, who’s upset that Penelope hasn’t told Colin she’s Lady Whistledown.
Polin’s Special Day
The book doesn’t give much away about Colin and Penelope’s wedding, only that it was a small affair and that the couple were able to bring the date up a few weeks after Colin not-so-subtly let Lady Bridgerton and Lady Featherington know that he and Pen had been… intimate.
Colin’s reaction to Lady Whistledown
As mentioned, in Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, Colin learns Penelope’s secret before he proposes to her. And while he’s angry that she hid it from him, he’s both impressed and a little jealous that Pen has done something so extraordinary with her life. However, he really wants her to stop writing, a problem that comes to a head when Penelope’s problem with Cressida not being Whistledown is revealed at her and Colin’s engagement party. But the book Colin is able to come to terms with Penelope’s secret and actually plays a positive role in helping her reveal it (more on that later).
Colin, however, has a much harder time accepting the fact that he loves Pen, but actually hates Lady Whistledown. In fact, the pair spend much of the latter part of the season apart as Colin works through his feelings about it.
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