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Queen
Elizabeth II
Breaking with the royal tradition of
receiving coloured stone rings for an
engagement ring, Prince Philip gave
Princess Elizabeth a three-carat
diamond surrounded by five smaller
diamonds on each side, which he is
said to have designed himself. The
stones were taken from a tiara that
belonged to his mother, Princess Alice.Queen Elizabeth,
the Queen Mum
As The Duke of York, King George VI
gave Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
a stunning sapphire ring, which
included diamond accents and was
complemented by a Welsh gold
wedding band. Following the death
of the King in 1952, Elizabeth
stopped wearing her engagement
ring in favour of a pearl ring.Anne,
PrincessRoyal
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ringever,Dianapickedoutthering,
a 12-carat Ceylon sapphire and 14
solitaire diamonds set in
yellow gold, from a
Garrard catalogue. It
was left to Harry and
William and given
to Kate when she
ecame engaged
to William.Camilla, Duchess
of Cornwall
amillas ring consists of an
merald-cut diamond with three
diamond baguettes on each side
and belonged to Charles’ maternal
grandmother, The Queen Mother,
who was given it to celebrate
he birth of her first daughter,
lizabeth, the future Queen.Eugenie,
Princess of York
In a change of pace for the royals,
Princess Eugenie had a hand in
designing her own ring. She and
her then-fiance Jack Brooksbank
decided on a pink padparadscha
sapphire surrounded by a halo of
white diamonds and set in gold.e most amous royal engagementDiana, Princess
of Wales & Kate,
Duchess of
Cambridge
For her first marriage, to Mark
Phillips in 1973, Anne was given a
three-stone sapphire and diamond
ring. In 1992, her second husband
Timothy Laurence gave the royal a
cabochon sapphire surrounded by
three small diamonds on each side.ROYAL
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