Bridgerton FIRST LOOK: Lord Anthony and Kate Sharma still appear very much love as they share a kiss while dancing as Netflix period romp unveils season three trailer

Bridgerton’s Lord Anthony and Kate Sharma appeared to be still very much in love in a new teaser trailer for season three, as they shared a kiss mid-dance.

The third season of Bridgerton is divided in two this time around, with the first part premiering on Netflix on May 16 and the second arriving on June 13. 

In a teaser for the upcoming season, fans are treated to an update on married life for series two’s main characters Anthony and Kate.

Shining a light on younger sister Francesca, the clip begins with her telling her brother Anthony that she needs some time alone during a ball.

Anthony uses this opportunity to join Kate and his mother, Lady Violet Bridgerton, before asking his wife for a dance – during which the pair share a kiss.

‘Brother I should like a moment alone,’ Francesca (Hannah Dodd) tells Anthony in the new trailer, to which he replies: ‘Of course.’

Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) glances across the room at Kate (Simone Ashley) and Violet, before the husband and wife smile at one another and he crosses the room to join them.

‘Oh, dear is Francesca quite well?’ Violet (Ruth Gemmell) asks, concerned about her daughter.

Anthony replies: ‘Well, she simply needed a moment. As do I, And… I should like to use that moment to dance with my beautiful wife.’

‘Please,’ Violet says. ‘Enjoy yourselves,’ as Kate turns to her mother-in-law and warmly whispers: ‘Interference.’ 

Violet appears emotional as she watches her son Anthony lead Kate towards the dance-floor. 

The couple bow to one another before beginning a group dance, at which point audiences are given a glimpse of Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) looking self conscious and flattening her dress.

Turning back to the husband and wife, Anthony turns Kate under his arm and kisses her.

It comes after Netflix treated fans to two clips in February, where Penelope and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) exchanged lusty looks during a night scene.

In the second clip, Penelope gushed: ‘Your eyes – a most remarkable shade of blue. And yet somehow, they shine even brighter when you are kind. I’d… I might say something like that if you were a suitor.’

At that, Colin stared at Penelope for a moment before taking a swig of wine.

‘Well, uh, that was rather direct,’ he stammered.

Bridgerton agreed to ‘mentor’ Featherington – who is secretly social pamphlet author Lady Whistledown – ‘in the ways of confidence to help her find a husband, but when his lessons start working a little too well, Colin must grapple with whether his feelings for Penelope are truly just friendly.’

Penelope had previously given up her crush when she overheard Colin telling a group of friends during the second season finale: ‘I would never dream of courting Penelope Featherington.’

But considering the season three tagline is ‘Even a wallflower can bloom,’ things are looking positive for Penelope on the Gossip Girl-style period drama about Regency London high society, which has already been renewed for season four.

Season three of the critically-acclaimed Shondaland show was supposed to be about Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) due to Julia Quinn’s 2001 third book An Offer from a Gentleman, but it’s more focused on her 2002 fourth book Romancing Mister Bridgerton.

‘Benedict, who is book three, he will be a vital part of season three,’ showrunner Jess Brownell vowed to Variety in 2022.

‘[But] I really feel like it’s Colin and Penelope’s time. Because we’ve been watching both of these actors on our screens since season one, we’ve already invested in them a little bit. We know who they are as people.

‘I feel like, especially in the last season, there are these moments of tension between them where it’s like, Colin walks up to the line of almost realising that Penelope has feelings for him but doesn’t quite get there. Instead of treading water on that dynamic, we wanted to push it into their season. It really felt like the perfect moment to tee it up.’

Jess added: ‘You will definitely be seeing Daphne, Anthony, and Kate — how much, I don’t want to say quite yet, but you have to tune in.’