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Princess Diana Wedding Ring History

Diana princess of wales born diana frances spencer.

Princess diana wedding ring history. Princess diana reportedly picked out this engagement ring herself and there is speculation that the late princess chose it because it reminded her of her own mothers ring. Prince charles and princess dianas royal wedding features on season four of netflixs the crown and despite being one of the most famous events in history there are still lots of things people. 1 july 1961 31 august 1997 was a member of the british royal familyshe was the first wife of charles prince of wales the heir apparent to the british throne and was the mother of prince william and prince harryher activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her an enduring popularity as well as an unprecedented.

The engagement was publicly announced on 24 february 1981 and dianas ring was unveiled to the world. A 12 carat sapphire stone surrounded by 14 solitaire diamonds set in a white gold band the ring is estimated to have cost around 40000 at the time. Princess diana paired it with the spencer tiara a tiara that had been in her family for over 100 years and a 153 yard veil.

The engagement ring first belonged to princess diana. The ring an emerald cut aquamarine flanked by small solitaire diamonds and set in 24 carat yellow gold was commissioned by the princess from asprey in 1997 and was used by the princess as a replacement for her engagement ring after her divorce from the prince of wales in 1996. Princess dianas wedding definitive guide.

One of the few royal wedding rings to not be custom made diana chose the ring from the garrard jewelry. Nearly two decades later when prince william revealed he used princess dianas engagement ring to propose to his then girlfriend kate middleton the sapphire sparkler once again stole the show leading to memorable headlines sealed with dianas ring proposal with a familiar ring and with this ringdi thee wed and thousands of replicas. In an unusual move for a royal diana selected a ring from garrard a long standing london based jeweller to the crown but it was not a unique or custom made piece.

When she and prince charles were shopping from the official royal jeweler garrard in 1981 one caught charles eye.