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My dear readers, it is with great pleasure that this author announces that the Duchess of Hastings, Lady Daphne Basset has given birth to a baby girl who everyone says is very adorable and that as it is the custom of the Bridgertons to start with the letter A, I particularly find the name Amelia very adorable for a little Lady. And yes, I will refuse to talk about the baby's resemblance to her parents, what would it matter from which seed a tree grows when it was clearly planted with love? We were all blessed to see the sweeping love story of the Duke, the Prince and Lady Bridgerton going against the convention that says that a titled nobleman should marry an untitled man only because they loved each other intensely.
Lady Whistledown's Society Chronicles,
April 30, 1814
It is no secret that the Bridgerton family is one of the most fertile families in high society, and the Basset family is certainly following their example. In less than a year, the Duchess of Hastings continues her quest to give her Lord husband an heir. What she did not achieve this time, giving birth to what seems to be the Basset tradition followed by the Bridgertons: baby B, whose name I believe will be Belinda. And for the third time as a Bridgerton, the baby looks a lot like her older sister. According to reports that this author heard with her own ears, Prince Friedrich and Lord Simon seemed like the two happiest men and assured everyone they could and who had no choice that they were certainly the luckiest in the world to have the three most beautiful women in all of London in their lives. Love, my dear readers, is simply love.
Lady Whistledown's Society Chronicles,
April 20, 1815
April my dear readers, which means the sky will be shining, there will be a cool breeze, the dressmakers will be in full swing and the Duchess of Hastings will grace her husbands with yet another baby. This time it is baby C, from what I could gather there is some doubt as to whether this baby will be a Cecilia or a Caroline, this author is betting more on the latter, but the parents are the only ones who can actually attest to what the baby's name is and they don't seem to be in a hurry to do so. I heard that a house of very bad taste knights were betting on whether or not the Duchess would finally do her duty, this author has to say that she does not approve of the use of violence under any circumstances, but the punch that the most impertinent of these bettors received from Lord Simon, well I can't say it wasn't deserved.
Lady Whistledown's Society Chronicles,
April 16, 1816
The Duchy of Hastings proudly has its heir Lord David Friederich Simon Edmund Basset, the Earl of Clyvedon. Despite the tasteless jokes and bets that the last four years have generated, there was no doubt, at least on my part, that Lady Daphne Basset would give birth to a male heir eventually. After all, there is no record of any Bridgerton having problems with heirs, only with an excess of them. And for all those who read that tasteless rag speculating about the paternity of the young heir, I will place Prince Friederich's words here for you to read: "All the children born of my beloved are mine and my beloved's, for we are a triad and therefore we are one."
Lady Whistledown's Society Chronicles,
April 10, 1817