Bridgerton star Simone Ashley puts on a leggy display in white mini dress as she attends photocall during the Monte-Carlo Television Festival

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Simone Ashley put on a leggy display as she attended a photocall during the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in Monaco on Saturday.

The Bridgerton star, 29, looked incredible in a white sleeveless mini dress with a high collar and sheer detail.

The garment also featured a pleated hemline while Simone added height to her frame with a pair of matching heels.

Styling her locks into loose curls, the actress added to her look with a pair of gold hoop earrings.

Looking in good spirits as she posed for the camera, Simone completed her look with a light palette of makeup. 

Simone Ashley put on a leggy display as she attended a photocall during the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in Monaco on Saturday

Simone Ashley put on a leggy display as she attended a photocall during the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in Monaco on Saturday

The Bridgerton star, 29, looked incredible in a white sleeveless mini dress with a high collar and sheer detail

The Bridgerton star, 29, looked incredible in a white sleeveless mini dress with a high collar and sheer detail

Styling her locks into loose curls, the actress added to her look with a pair of gold hoop earrings

Styling her locks into loose curls, the actress added to her look with a pair of gold hoop earrings

Simone plays Kate Bridgerton on the Netflix period drama and prior to that, was best known for her role as Olivia Hanan on Sex Education. 

Bridgerton series three Part 2 dropped on Netflix on Thursday and picked up right where fans left Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan).

Kate Bridgerton (Simone) and her husband Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey), who led series two, featured frequently.

Though Part 2 featured a six-minute sex scene, some fans were still left unimpressed.

Fans were cast back to the very first series when Nicola, 37, stripped fully nude in front of her soon-to-be husband.

But they will be left disappointed as they watch on and discover that there's not much more to come. 

And while Variety's Aramide Timudu called the scene of the 'sexiest things seen on television since Bridgerton series one', the Evening Standard's Vicky Jessop felt the highly anticipated regency romp left a little to be desired.

'Steamy this is not,' she said. 'Watching it feels like seeing two teenagers fumbling their way through an awkward clinch.' 

Critics' opinions on part two were largely restricted to episode five and six, as Netflix guarded the final two for its main drop on Thursday.

Vicky gave part two a damning two-star review, as she asked: 'Is Bridgerton losing its touch?'

Simone plays Kate Bridgerton on the Netflix period drama (pictured) and prior to that, was best known for her role as Olivia Hanan on Sex Education

Simone plays Kate Bridgerton on the Netflix period drama (pictured) and prior to that, was best known for her role as Olivia Hanan on Sex Education

The critics' views on Bridgerton series three part two  

Evening Standard

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Vicky Jessop: 'Steamy this is not. Watching it feels like seeing two teenagers fumbling their way through an awkward clinch. Is Bridgerton losing its touch? Francesca’s love affair with Lord John Stirling is snooze-worthy – all those painful silences! Yes, we get it, they’re shy!'  

The Telegraph 

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Anita Singh: 'Aside from Penelope's heaving bosom, though, this third series remains a dud. Her extensive sex scene with Colin has a cringe-making quality – think EL James’ Fifty Shades with all of the terrible dialogue but none of the nipple clamps. Away from the main couple, the plot barely exists.' 

The Independent 

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Kate Rosseinsky: 'The wheels are starting to come off the Bridgerton carriage – and the final two episodes will need to be pretty dramatic to get things back on track.' 

The Daily Mail 

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Christopher Stevens: 'Stars Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton have been promising for weeks that this time, in two newly released episodes, Bridgerton goes all the way. And they weren't fibbing... though, for such an explicit sex scene, it was also oddly chaste.' 

The Times 

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Carol Midgley: 'I call Bridgerton the "toffs, t**s and titles" show, but here another t-word is at play — tenderness. Coughlan's aforementioned breasts should get some kind of award for all the heaving they do. Good lord, they’re up and down in those frocks like a pair of airbags.'

Variety

Aramide Timudu: 'The primary sex scene between Polin involving a full-length mirror and a chaise lounge is one of the sexiest things seen on television since Bridgerton Season 1. Fans may still gripe at the lack of sensual activity on screen, but this mirror section is absolutely intoxicating and beautifully done.'

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