This ring simply wasn’t exclusive enough.Īccording to the House of Garrard, though, Diana actually didn’t pick out the ring, despite reports that she personally selected it. As Vogue reports, the issue was that Diana picked the ring out from a Garrard catalogue, where anyone else with £47,000 (a little more than $60,000 today) could also select it-royal or not.
Was it because this ring didn’t feature a big honkin’ diamond? Actually, no. As far as the royal family was concerned, though, it was not fit for a future queen. This white-gold ring with the Ceylon sapphire and 14 solitaire diamonds cost Prince Charles about double what I owe the federal government in student loans. The ring she chose-which of course now belongs to her daughter in law, Kate Middleton-from the Asprey catalogue was a stock item, not a bespoke piece, which meant that it could also be available to anyone else who might have $60,000 to spare.Princess Diana wearing her ring while holding baby Prince William in 1983.
So how did Princess Diana’s ring actually break from what seems like a longstanding tradition? And why did her choice allegedly ignite royal criticism?īy all accounts it was the modern ease of her selection. Princess Alexandra of Kent’s ring? Yes, sapphire. Anne chose another sapphire, a cabochon cut, for her second marriage in 1986.
And Princess Anne, too, wore the precious blue stone when she announced her engagement to Mark Phillips in 1973. When Lady Elizabeth-better known to us as the Queen Mother-said "yes" to the Duke of York (later King George VI) in 1923, the agreement was sealed with an oval shaped sapphire. To be fair, sapphires-long a stone of kings and a symbol of devotion and integrity-have always been a royal engagement ring stone of choice. The Duchess of Cambridge wears the 12-carat oval sapphire engagement ring, surrounded by 14 diamonds, that belonged to Prince William’s late mother, Princess Diana.
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