In case anyone missed it, it was jewelry that got me interested in the royals, not the other way around. The salesclerk saw the hunger in my eyes and let me try it on. I saw one once in Tiffany that was 10 carats and had a price tag of $110,000. You could, of course, be really exotic and run with Alexandrite – they are quite tough but also rare in large sizes and the really fine ones that show strong color change from a lakey green to a violet-purple in incandescent light can run $10,000/carat. If you are going to wear your engagement ring every day, take the kids to the park with it, grocery shop, do dishes, etc., stick with the tough stones: diamond, ruby, sapphire. Jat 5:47 – alas, the lovely Tanzanite is also a weak stone prone to chipping and scratching. The problem, of course, would be that Kate has a sapphire engagement ring, too. But you can’t even get Kashmir sapphires any longer except on the auction market or private collections, because those mines were emptied by the 1930s. In fact, if memory serves, the Queen Mother’s original engagement ring was an enormous Kashmir sapphire, which she soon stopped wearing in favor of a pearl with diamonds her husband gave her.
His great-grandmother and grandmother have gorgeous ruby and diamond rings that could easily be reset to look more modern. I can’t imagine that 1) the Star has any inside info at all, since no one connected to Harry if they knew about such a plan, would tell the Star about it, and 2) his family’s collection of jewelry doesn’t include any number of historic rings he could choose from when the day comes. They make very poor choices for engagement rings and a large one would look more like an enormous cocktail ring than anything else. Jat 4:27 – Very true – emeralds are soft and subject to easy chipping and scratching.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Pacific Coast News. What if the sisters-in-law both have colored gemstone engagement rings? The comparisons would be endless and they would be unfair to Meghan. Also: thoughts on an emerald as an engagement ring? I wouldn’t mind – green might be Meghan’s favorite color or something – except that Kate also famously wears a colored gemstone. That being said, there’s a ring of truth to this, in that I do think Harry will make an effort to tie an engagement ring to something worn by his mother. Would the Queen give the nod for Harry to alter a bracelet from the royal collection to make into an engagement ring? Eh. Diana did wear an emerald suite, but I’m pretty sure it was from the royal collection. Diana had personal pieces though, and I’ve always wondered what happened to those pieces. Most of Diana’s jewelry – or the jewelry she famously wore – were pieces from the royal collection, on loan from the Queen, and they went back to the royal collection after Diana’s death. Since William gave Kate the famous sapphire-and-diamond engagement ring that belonged to Diana, there are limited choices for Harry if he wants to use something from Diana for an engagement ring. But they did not deny they were in charge of its design. When the Daily Star Sunday contacted Mr Collins’ shop in posh Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, an employee laughed when asked about the ring. It will cost around £100,000 to make, but its link to his mother Princess Diana’s tasteful gem collection means it will be instantly priceless.
And it will take the form of a cushion set on a platinum ring. A royal source told the Daily Star Sunday the huge emerald ring is “flashy but not ostentatious.” Our mole claimed the piece was commissioned from royal jeweller Harry Collins. Prince Harry will give Meghan Markle an engagement ring made from his beloved mum’s old bracelet. Or maybe he just wants to throw us off the scent so it will be a surprise when he does propose? According to the Daily Star, Harry has already commissioned a jewelry to make an engagement ring for Meghan: Maybe this is Harry’s way of easing expectations about an imminent engagement. I’ve actually been wondering if Harry and Meghan aren’t going through some kind of rough spot, just because Harry looked so sad and post-breakup-y at Trooping the Colour, and because he jetted off to Malawi without Meghan. I’m not even sure that Harry and Meghan have seen each other since Pippa Middleton’s wedding reception in May. She did make an appearance at a film/TV festival in Texas to promote her show, Suits, but other than that, there has been little gossip about her and her relationship with Prince Harry. To be fair, she’s been working and keeping a lower profile in general.
FRED AND GLADYS BRACELET FULL
It’s actually been a full month since we’ve talked about Meghan Markle.
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