According to information on the official Bridgerton page on Twitter, it has been announced that Rege-Jean Page who played the Duke Of Hastings, Simon on the Netflix original romance series won’t be returning to the show in season 2.
This announcement that was down by the Intrepid Lady Whistledown made the announcement which has come as a huge surprise to all of the fans of the show worldwide.
Below is the tweet of the writing of the character of the Duke announcing the Rege-Jean’s departure from the show;

The announcement has left a lot of the Nigerian fans of the showing canceling the show, as they say, there is no reason to watch the show anymore since the Duke is no longer on show. The disappointment is deep and real.
Here is the official announcing tweet below;