By Megan Riedlinger
1:00pm PDT, Apr 11, 2024
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We all know how beautiful a royal wedding can be, but sometimes the incredible jewels involved in a royal romance can get overlooked! To celebrate King Charles III and Queen Camilla's 19th wedding anniversary on April 9, 2024, we've rounded up some of the most beautiful royal engagement rings, starting with Camilla's…
Camilla Parker Bowles showed off her new engagement ring from Prince Charles at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on Feb. 10, 2005.
The platinum Art Deco design featuring a 5-carat emerald-cut diamond center stone and baguettes on the sides is a family heirloom and is believed to have previously belonged to Charles's grandmother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Then keep reading for a picture of them at their engagement announcement photocall, and to see more royal engagement gems…
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Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles revealed her new engagement ring to the media at a wedding announcement photocall at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on Feb. 10, 2005.
Charles proposed with a platinum Art Deco design featuring a 5-carat emerald-cut diamond center stone and baguettes on the sides. It's a family heirloom that reportedly belonged to Charles's grandmother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
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This 18-carat sapphire stunner surrounded by diamonds appeared on Kate Middleton's left hand in 2010 after Prince William proposed. Keep reading to see it from another view, and on its original owner…
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Wow! This 18-carat oval sapphire surrounded in diamonds sure is a beauty. Princess Diana wore it paired with her wedding band made of Welsh gold while wed to Prince Charles, now King Charles III.
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Not only did Princess Diana get to wear that massive rock, but she got to pick it out too! After Prince Charles proposed in 1981, Diana got to choose her own engagement ring from a selection by Garrard Jewelers. On why she opted for that particular sparkler, Diana later said, "It was the biggest."
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Prince Harry designed the beautiful engagement ring that he used to propose to Meghan Markle in 2017. The two outside diamonds are from his late mother Princess Diana's jewelry collection while the larger center diamond is a stone from Botswana — which is where Harry and Meghan took their first trip together in 2016 just weeks into their romance.
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Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry made their engagement news official on Nov. 27, 2017, and got married on May 19, 2018. Harry upgraded his wife's ring in 2019, replacing its original plain yellow gold band with a micropave diamond band.
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Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi presented Britain's Princess Beatrice with this gorgeous bespoke platinum and diamond ring in Italy in September 2019 when he asked her to be his wife. The British-Italian property developer worked with jeweler Shaun Leane on the piece, approaching him about four months before the proposal, People magazine reported. "Edo was very prepared and he had done his research. He had a very strong feeling about what he wanted," Shaun said. "He knew that he wanted a round stone, and he knew he wanted platinum. We talked about aesthetic and he said, 'I really love Art Deco, and Beatrice really likes a Victorian aesthetic in jewelry.' We talked about fusing the two together and he thought it would be lovely to do that, to fuse their two personalities together within the ring. There was a real unity."
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What a royal beauty! This padparadscha sapphire surrounded by diamonds makes one memorable engagement ring… but can you recall to whom it belongs?
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Jack Brooksbank gave it to his intended, Princess Eugenie, after seven years of dating while on vacation in Nicaragua. The couple tied the knot in October 2018 at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
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Which prince designed this stunning round-cut diamond engagement ring in 2014?
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This sparkly creation was designed by Prince Carl Philip of Sweden! He proposed to girlfriend Sofia Hellqvist in 2014 and presented her with this diamond ring — which he had a hand in designing. It features a stunning round center stone surrounded by a halo of smaller diamonds.
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This wasn't this royal's original engagement ring! When her future husband saw that ladies in Hollywood had larger rings than the eternity band he'd originally presented his love with, he replaced it with the 10.5-carat emerald-cut diamond ring you see here.
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That massive rock belongs to Grace Kelly! When Prince Rainier III of Monaco originally proposed, he presented her with a Cartier band made of rubies and diamonds, then later went back to the same jeweler to get her this 10.5-carat stunner.
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A mix of old and new! Which prince presented his future princess with this beautiful sapphire — an heirloom from his royal family — but added a heart-shaped diamond for a new touch?
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That would be Prince Pavlos of Greece, who incorporated the heart-shaped diamond to enhance a ring featuring his family's heirloom sapphire. He gave the ring to Marie-Chantal Miller back in 1995 before making her the crown princess of Greece.
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Which royal received this ruby engagement ring back in 1986?
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That one belongs to the Duchess of York — Sarah Ferguson! Prince Andrew presented her with this beautiful, vibrant ring featuring a ruby surrounded by diamonds upon their engagement.
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Here's a whopper! This ring, whose design even has a name — the Tethys — features a three-carat pear-shaped diamond in the midst of a sea of round diamonds.
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That massive stone belongs to Princess Charlene of Monaco! When Prince Albert proposed to Charlene Wittstock in 2010, he gave her this ring from Maison Repossi.
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This ring has a sweet and sentimental origin story. The central diamond was plucked from a tiara that belonged to the groom's mother.
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The ring was given to then-Princess Elizabeth by Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, the former Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. He proposed to the future Queen Elizabeth II in 1947 with a diamond that came from a tiara belonging to his mother, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark.
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Which royal received this 16-baguette diamond engagement ring back in 2003?
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Prince Felipe of Spain — who's now King Felipe VI — proposed to his then-girlfriend, journalist Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, back in 2003 and gifted her with this 16-baguette diamond band from Suarez jewelers.
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Back in 1999, a soon-to-be royal was given this stunning 2-carat oval diamond ring featuring heart-shaped stones on the sides.
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Prince Edward announced his plans to marry Sophie Rhys-Jones — the future Countess of Wessex and Duchess of Edinburgh — in 1999. Her pretty oval diamond ring came from the family's preferred jeweler: Garrard.
