RIP Connell’s Chain, there’s a new sexually-charged prop causing a swoonsation in TV land. Enter The Duke’s Spoon – the utensil Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings uses to stir the passions of his accomplice-turned-lover, Daphne Bridgerton, in the Netflix drama, Bridgerton.
While taking tea and hatching a plan to help one another navigate the marriage market, the Duke, played by Regé-Jean Page, gets intimate with his cutlery. “In the grand battle of the season, I am your trusted general marshalling the troops,” he says rakishly, after licking his spoon and catching Miss Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) off guard. It’s as saucy as sandwiches and scones can possibly get and sums up the mood of the Regency-era romp through high society: glittering, gossipy and gutsy.
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Fortuitously, the creator of the viral Instagram fan account @connellschain, Billie Bhatia, has now created @thedukesspoon. With a bio that reads “My spoon, my eyebrow, my cravat and my 🍑,” it’s everything you’d expect from a social-media page dedicated to the world’s most tempting piece of cutlery. Featuring photos of Basset with one eyebrow raised and a twinkle in his eye – his default resting face in Bridgerton – the Duke’s Spoon provides a devastatingly handsome distraction during a time when light relief is somewhat scarce.
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“We want people to have the time of their lives,” Page told Vogue of the show’s intentions to redefine period dramas. In the words of Ariana Grande, whose songs are adapted to help modernise the 19th-century storyline, “Thank U, Next”. Connell, who?
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