with their endlessly lavish lifestyles
the royals never failed to choose simply
stunning engagement rings but who's
carrying around the heaviest price tag
keep watching to find out
although it is difficult to estimate the
true value of their engagement rings the
eldest royal brides are definitely
blinged out to the nines the diamonds
from queen elizabeth's engagement ring
given to her by prince philip were taken
from a tierra that belonged to his
mother princess alice of greece
meanwhile prince charles proposed to
camilla parker bowles with an art deco
ring from his grandmother's collection
and wouldn't you know it prince charles
is also responsible for the most
valuable engagement ring in the family
it is a 12 carat oval cut salon sapphire
surrounded by 14 solitaire diamonds
which originally belonged to the late
princess diana because it reminds me of
my mother's engagement ring
and the same color as my eyes in 2010
prince william popped the question to
kate middleton with his mother's
sapphire ring
although the ring technically belonged
to prince harry after diana's passing
harry reportedly wanted his future
sister-in-law to have it princess
diana's former butler paul burle got
emotional over the gesture telling the
new zealand herald his one thing he kept
from his mother he gave to his brother
that's selfless kind and exactly who
diana was while every royal engagement
ring is gorgeous this one definitely has
the highest physical value
maxwell stone creative director of
stephen stone jewelers told ok magazine
kate middleton's ring has the highest
estimated value due to the huge 12-carat
salon sapphire it features not to
mention the legacy of the ring which
once belonged to princess diana and in
their publication chris cut stevenstone
jewelers added the sapphire is a deep
royal blue of quadruple a quality making
it amongst the most valuable of its kind
according to the knot the ring is worth
about five hundred thousand dollars of
course the sentimental value of the ring
makes it priceless to kate and william
in his engagement interview with kate
william explained obviously she's not me
around to sharing near the um the fun
and excitement of it all this is my way
of keeping her sort of close to it all
and there is more than enough sentiment
to go around as evidenced by engagement
ring trends following royal proposals
stone jewelers adds that all of the
royal engagement rings have been a hit
with brides to be around the world
while kate middleton's ring definitely
sparked a huge trend for sapphire
engagement rings we've had requests for
replicas of all these royal rings over
the years which just shows how much
influence the royal ladies have on our
style
which brings us to the second most
valuable royal engagement band to
exactly no one's surprise prince harry
shelled out quite a bit for his bride
seven years after giving away his
mother's engagement ring to his brother
and sister-in-law harry commissioned a
gorgeous three-diamond ring to pop the
question to meghan markle he was very
hands-on in the design process adding
some sentimental touches as well the
ring features a three-carat cushion cut
center diamond from botswana with two
side stones that once belonged to
princess diana
according to harper's bazaar the ring
reportedly costs between three hundred
thousand dollars and three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars about two hundred
thousand dollars less than middleton's
grant mobley a gemologist and director
at plutonic diamond company told bustle
we would estimate that the value of the
center stone would be around 95 000 to
155 000
while the side stones would have an
intrinsic value of around five thousand
dollars each of course the value
skyrockets because of the very fact that
it has belonged to duchess of sussex
meghan markle it's a piece of history
now which makes it essentially priceless
but it's not just the duchesses who are
sporting small fortunes on their fingers
while she might not have an official
royal title zara tyndall's engagement
ring is next in line for most expensive
queen elizabeth's granddaughter's ring
reportedly cost around two hundred
thousand dollars and it has the sweetest
story to its design
besides being princess anne's daughter
tyndall is a british equestrian and
olympic silver medalist her engagement
ring from mike tyndall was designed with
a special low setting diamond so the
athlete wouldn't have to take the ring
off while she competed thoughtful and
absolutely stunning mike fried ceo of
the diamond pro told hello magazine
zara's ring is a beautiful mix of old
world tradition with a twist of modern
design going with the round diamond and
adding a split shank setting was a great
way to add a touch of modern style to a
royal engagement ring any royal
engagement ring is bound to come with a
hefty price tag but it's nice to know
that the quality and thought that went
into all of these pieces make them well
worth the price
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