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Mega-hit series “Bridgerton” quickly became Netflix’s No. 1 show in the U.S. and more than 80 countries. It takes viewers back to Regency-era England in the early 1800s, where a multiracial cast engages in some steamy court intrigue. But the ruler of that court is provoking some intrigue of her own. Michelle Miller reports.