Kate Middleton She has a luxurious engagement ring on one of her fingers, which was given to her by Prince William and which undoubtedly has a lot of history. So if you didn’t know everything behind this valuable jewel, Here we leave you several interesting facts about her.
The engagement ring features a large 12-carat Ceylon sapphire. In addition to the massive stone, it also features 14 solitaire diamonds, which along with the sapphire rest on an 18-carat white gold ring. Another interesting fact is that this ring was inspired by another piece of jewelry worn by a royal, according to jewelry company Garrard. This design was inspired by a famous jewel that Prince Albert commissioned in 1840 to give to his fiancée, Queen Victoria. In addition to that, and as if it weren’t impressive enough, Kate Middleton has matching jewelry that she has worn on different occasions and that was from her mother-in-law’s personal jewelry collection.
Other curious facts are that people were able to see the sapphire and diamond ring for the first time when Kate Middleton and Prince William announced their engagement at St. James’s Palace in November 2010. Another fact is that the ring was not made directly for the Princess of Wales, but was the late Princess’s Princess Dianawhich King Charles III gave her before he proposed to her. Now the ring of the beloved princess is accompanied by a wedding band made of Welsh Wartski gold, which was given to her by Queen Elizabeth II in 2011.