what did cressida do to penelope
In the Bridgerton universe, Cressida spends years undermining, humiliating, and then outright threatening Penelope, and their feud peaks when Cressida discovers Penelope is Lady Whistledown and tries to profit from it.
Quick Scoop: What Cressida Did to Penelope
- She bullied Penelope socially from their debut onward, mocking her and seizing chances to embarrass her in public.
- She sabotaged Penelope’s courtship with Lord Debling by implying to him that Penelope and Colin were closer than mere friends, which scared him off proposing.
- She later claimed to be Lady Whistledown herself to the Queen to escape an unwanted marriage, which backfired and humiliated her family when the lie wasn’t believed.
- After that failed, she worked out Penelope’s true identity as Lady Whistledown and then blackmailed her, demanding £10,000 in exchange for her silence so she could live independently without marriage.
- Penelope refused to pay and ultimately publicly revealed herself as Whistledown, destroying Cressida’s leverage and leaving Cressida with no option but to be sent away to live with an aunt in the countryside/Wales, which is why the Bridgertons and Penelope have such strong resentment toward her.
In short, Cressida went from petty mean-girl bullying to active sabotage of Penelope’s romantic prospects and finally to life-altering blackmail once she uncovered Penelope’s Whistledown secret.
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