STEAMY sex scenes, illicit affairs and handsome hunks – Netflix drama Bridgerton has, quite literally, laid bare life within Regency Era Britain.

Set between 1813 and 1827, the popular series takes place when Great Britain and Ireland were coming to the end of the Georgian reign – and social standards were a lot different.

One thing fans of the show will now know for sure was that back then it took a lot of hard work for a woman to avoid social scandal and ‘effortlessly’ bag a desirable – and rich – husband during the social season.

Every tiny meticulous detail, from how a woman laughed, to what she ate and even the manner in how she fainted, was all planned with military precision.

But there’s even more to it than first meets the eye. Here, royal and etiquette expert and Polo & Tweed CEO Lucy Challenger talks us through some of the bizarre rules of the Bridgerton era not shown on the show…

Going knickerless & showing off pale skin

In the Netflix drama, the Regency Era is all about the fashion and elaborate dresses for the upper class ladies, with a new outfit purchased from sought-after seamstress…