The ensemble cast of Bridgerton is one of the reasons I keep coming back to the show, and it’s also why the books have been so successful. Each one focuses on one of the eight siblings of the noble Bridgerton family, allowing each to get their moment in the sun. However, even the non-Bridgerton characters get plenty of time to grow. All except Lady Danbury, who, though I do love, I feel has been a bit short-changed when it comes to actual character beats. I’m going to need something big for Lady Agatha and Anjoa Andoh is with me.
Lady Danbury Is The Toughest Bridgerton Character, Which Is Why I Want To See Her Fall In Love & Be Vulnerable In Season 4
Let’s Give Agatha And Adjoa Andoh Something More To Do
Lady Agatha Danbury is one of the best characters in Bridgerton. As a senior matron and one of the most powerful women in London high society, she has a real knack for putting obnoxious and pompous people in their place. A confident, rich, and wise member of the elite, Danbury doesn’t have to play by the same rules as others. She uses her formidable and acerbic tongue to take people down a peg whenever they’re behaving poorly. The reason I appreciate her though is that her judgments are never couched in snobbery, she’s just being honest.
Lady Danbury has the royal blood of the Kpa-Mende Bo Tribe in Sierra Leone.
However, while I do appreciate her bulletproof nature, it would be nice to see her be a little more human once in a while. I want to get to know the character more on a personal level. Other non-kid characters have had the chance to be vulnerable; Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) and Lady Featherington (Polly Walker), so why not Lady Danbury? Let’s have a moment where the silver-tongued Lady Danbury is at a loss for words when she falls in love with someone. A romantic relationship would be great for the character, and Andoh agrees (via CinemaBlend),
“A lot of fans come up to me and they’re like, ‘When’s Lady Danbury going to have her moment in that particular sun?’ For me, I would say that I think that would be super interesting. Because here, you have a woman who has got her life in order. It’s structured. It’s secure. She has power. She has style. She has authority, blah, blah, blah. What happens if she encounters someone – man or woman, I don’t care – interesting, who wants to engage with her? How do you open a space? And I think this is a conversation that lots of women in positions of power have. How do you open the heart space into your constructed life to accommodate somebody else? What does that do to you? How does that impact your sense of yourself? So I would be really interested to explore that.”
Andoh hits the nail on the head. Watching someone with as much confidence and power as Danbury struggling with problems everyone else has already had to deal with would be an interesting way to flip the character. I don’t need to see her “cut down to size”, I just want to know that it’s possible to be confident and content, and still be surprised and shaken by what life throws at you.
Bridgerton Season 3 Had An Easter Egg About Lady Danbury & Lord Ledger’s Affair
The Easter Egg Points To A Key Plot In Queen Charlotte
Thankfully, we do get a little bit of Lady Danbury backstory in Queen Charlotte, though she’s still pretty much throwing 100 mph pitches there and isn’t exactly some naive, young debutante. In Bridgerton season 3, Lady Danbury and Violet talk, and Danbury acknowledges she loved Violet’s father, and the screen cuts to a paper crown on a table.
This Easter egg is a reference to Queen Charlotte where it’s shown Danbury and Lord Ledger (Keir Charles) had an affair, and he gifted Danbury that crown.
This Easter egg is a reference to Queen Charlotte where it’s shown Danbury and Lord Ledger (Keir Charles) had an affair, and he gifted Danbury that crown. Lady Danbury’s willingness to talk about this means Violet has long forgotten what could be seen as a betrayal. Crucially, it also means that Lady Danbury can keep that memory in the past and focus on a new romance for the future.
