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'Bridgerton' star Phoebe Dynevor on the difference between Regency era courtship and dating now

lt's hard to imagine a dating scene more dramatic and horny than Netflix's Bridgerton. Courtship was a little bit different back in Regency era England, at the beginning of the 19th century.

As Phoebe Dynevor, who plays Daphne Bridgerton in the show, points out, ghosting didn't exist.

"I think the problem today is there is no social etiquette, you can ghost someone and just blank them completely and there's no repercussions to that," Dynevor told Conan O'Brien. "Also, if someone was into you in those days, they would come round and bring you a big bouquet of flowers, it was simple as that. You knew where you stood with people."  Read more...

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