All that changes, however, when Kate Sharma (played by Simone Ashley) and her younger sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran) arrive from India.

At a ball heralding the start of a new social season, the ‘Capital R Rake’ – a nod to Lady Whistledown’s name for the viscount last season – is immediately smitten with Edwina. The only problem is that Kate has overheard Anthony braying to his friends outside that a love match isn’t a high priority. All he really wants, in fact, is “a pleasing face, an acceptable wit and genteel manners enough to credit a viscountess”. Charming, eh?

When a friend suggests that Anthony’s problems might ease when the Queen chooses a “diamond” – the most desirable lady on London’s marriage market – the philandering viscount boasts that if that is indeed the case, then he will have no trouble wooing her.

Bridgerton season 2: why Kate Sharma’s takedown of Anthony Bridgerton’s marriage checklist in episode 1 is so important