“Bridgerton” could be whipping up its very own Kate Middleton vs. Meghan Markle rivalry.Stunning “Sex Education” actress Simone Ashley is the new leading lady in town, the hit Netflix show has announced.The erotically charged period soap — based on Julia Quinn’s best-selling series of novels, created by Chris Van Dusen and produced by “Scandal” queen Shonda Rhimes — is set in the competitive world of frilly, high-style Regency London in the 1880s.The first season of Shondaland’s smash mix of “Gossip Girl” and Jane Austen revolved around virginal socialite Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor, 25) and her steamy love affair with the sultry spoon-licking Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page, 31).For Season 2 — based on Quinn’s second entry her book.
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