Meghan Markle’s Engagement Ring: Here’s How It Stacks Up to Other Royal Engagement Rings
- 1/28
Meghan Markle’s Engagement Ring: Here’s How It Stacks Up to Other Royal Engagement Rings
Sorry, Cleave & Co. isn't making replicas of Meghan Markle's royal engagement ring, which is set in yellow gold. - 2/28
Violette the Swan (Cultivated Diamonds)
$4200, Catbird. Get it now! - 3/28
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton in 2010 with the same engagement ring his father, Prince Charles, gave to his mother in 1981. The Garrard ring features a 12-carat oval Ceylon sapphire surrounded by a halo of 14 diamonds, all set in white gold. Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 4/28
Elongated Cushion-Cut Sapphire Engagement Ring
$1590, Etsy. Get it now! - 5/28
Princess Eugenie of York
Two months after Meghan and Harry shared their engagement news, Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank, her boyfriend of seven years, announced their engagement. The wine merchant proposed to the princess without a ring, then the two designed her engagement ring‚ which features a pink padparadscha sapphire in a diamond halo. - 6/28
Anabela Chan Pale Rose Cinderella Ring
$1545, Moda Operandi. Get it now! Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 7/28
Zara Tindall
Rugby player Mike Tindall picked a round diamond in a split-shank setting set with pavé diamonds in 2010, when he proposed to Zara Phillips, the daughter of Princess Anne, and granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. - 8/28
The Duet
$1620, Vrai. Get it now! - 9/28
Charlene, Princess of Monaco
Albert II, Prince of Monaco, asked former Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock to be his bride in June of 2010 with a Maison Repossi ring with a three-carat pear-shaped diamond in a tapered band set with more diamonds. Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 10/28
Leda the Swan, Diamonds
$3400, Catbird. Get it now! - 11/28
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
After decades of on-again, off-again and two divorces between them, Prince Charles proposed to Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005 with a diamond ring that had been given to his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, reportedly after she gave birth to Charles's mother, Princess Elizabeth, who would become the next Queen Elizabeth. The ring features a large emerald-cut diamond center stone flanked by a trio of diamond baguettes on either side. - 12/28
Emerald-Cut Diamond Engagement Ring
$4600, Kwiat. Get it now! Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 13/28
Queen Letizia of Spain
Felipe, then Prince of Asturias, proposed to newscaster Letizia Ortiz in 2003 with a diamond eternity band made up of 16 baguettes. Now queen of Spain, Letizia still frequently wears her engagement ring, though it's often moved to her right hand. - 14/28
Old World Sueno White Sapphire Baguette Band Ring
$1290, Armenta. Get it now! - 15/28
Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway
Norway's Crown Prince Haakon proposed to Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby in December of 2000 with a ring featuring a trio of round diamonds in individual diamond halos. Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 16/28
Diamond Collins Ring
$4075, Anita Ko. Get it now! - 17/28
Queen Mathilde of Belgium
The wife of Philippe I, King of the Belgians, appears to have upgraded her engagement ring. For many years following her engagement in 1999, she wore an oval ruby in a diamond halo with more diamonds on a thick band, but since 2015 she's been wearing an oval sapphire in a double-pronged setting flanked by half-moon diamonds. - 18/28
Teal Oval Sapphire & Tapered Baguette Engagement Ring
$6000, Marrow Fine. Get it now! Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 19/28
Sophie, Countess of Wessex
Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, proposed to Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999 with a Garrard engagement ring, featuring a round diamond center stone with a triangle-shaped diamond on either side. - 20/28
Classic Pear-Shaped Diamond Engagement Ring
$3490, Blue Nile. Get it now! - 21/28
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
The palace announced the engagement of then Princess Margrethe to French diplomat Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat in 1967. Now Queen Margrethe II, she continues to wear her toi et moi–style engagement ring, which appears to have similarly sized cushion- and round-cut diamonds in lieu of a single center stone—plus tapered baguettes on the band. Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 22/28
Mommy+Me Emerald Diamond Ring
$6800, Katkim. Get it now! - 23/28
Grace, Princess of Monaco
Rainier III of Monaco initially proposed to American actor Grace Kelly in 1955 with a Cartier band of rubies and diamonds. Soon after the proposal, he upgraded to a platinum Cartier engagement ring with a 10.47-carat emerald-cut diamond flanked by four diamond baguettes. - 24/28
Suzanne Kalan 18K Rose Gold Fireworks Pink Sapphire Prong and Bezel Ring
$3200, Bergdorf Goodman. Get it now! Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 25/28
Queen Elizabeth II
When Prince Philip Mountbatten of Greece and Denmark was set to propose to the then princess Elizabeth in 1947, he picked a three-carat round center stone, and surrounded it with 10 smaller diamonds from a tiara owned by his mother, Princess Alice. The diamonds were set in platinum by London jeweler Philip Antrobus Ltd. - 26/28
The Trio
$1305, Vrai. Get it now! - 27/28
Wallis Simpson
Britain's King Edward VIII proposed to twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson before abdicating the throne in order to marry her. The Cartier engagement ring, featuring a 19.77-carat emerald, is engraved with “We are ours now 27 x 36.” a nod to October 27, 1936, the date the then king proposed. Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 28/28
Pave Shirley Bezel Set Emerald Cut Ring
$2800, Sarah Hendler. Get it now!
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Originally Appeared on Glamour