Forget Bridgerton – meet the real life best friends who fell madly in love and got married

So many of us love it when a friendship turns to romance on shows like Bridgerton because in our dating app-saturated culture, a relationship built on an existing foundation of trust, camaraderie and mutual understanding is more likely to stand the test of time

Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton with Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in season three of Bridgerton. (Photo: Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2024)

Kirsty Blake Knox

Bridgerton fans rejoiced when, after two seasons of longing, romance blossomed between friends-turned-lovers Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington creating the Ton’s latest power couple, ‘Polin’.

Friends becoming lovers is a popular trope on our screens.