Famous Engagement Rings
- * With its oval blue sapphire surrounded by a cluster of 14 diamonds, the ring Prince William has given Kate Middleton is among the most famous in the world. Lady Diana Spencer chose it for her engagement to Prince Charles in 1981. The large central stone is a 12-carat oval Ceylon sapphire and the solitaire diamonds elegantly surrounding it are set in 18 carat white gold.
- *The Archduke Maximilian started the trend in 1477, when he gave a diamond engagement ring to Mary of Burgundy. Thankfully for us girls, that paved the way for an enduring love affair. The most famous engagement rings attain notoriety not only because of their carat weight and unusual settings, but also because of the mystique enshrouding the women who wear them.
- * Elizabeth Taylor, who had six engagements, was given an emerald-cut diamond that weighed almost 30 carats by her third husband, Michael Todd
- * The ice cool Grace Kelly was given a 12 carat emerald-cut diamond engagement ring by Prince Rainier
- * Elvis Presley's bride, Priscilla, had a 3.5 carat diamond engagement ring encircled by 21 smaller diamonds and diamond chips
- * Our monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, received an engagement ring from Prince Phillip made out of diamonds from his mother's tiara
- * The romantic screen idol, Joan Collins, as befitting her main characters, wears a heart-shaped diamond ring in a nineteenth-century setting from husband Percy Gibson
- * Michael Douglas proposed to the Welsh beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones with a 10 carat antique marquise diamond estimated to have cost almost $2 million * The irrepressible Madonna received an antique Edwardian three-stone diamond ring with a decorative platinum band from Guy Ritchie. The ring represented their family: mother, father and son Rocco
Amidst all these diamonds are some equally fabulous gemstone rings:
- * Elizabeth Taylor's second engagement was celebrated with a huge cabochon sapphire from Michael Wilding
- * Joan Crawford received a 70 carat sapphire engagement ring from her second husband
- * Catherine Middleton was presented with the late Lady Diana Spencer's engagement ring - an 18 carat blue oval sapphire encircled by fourteen diamonds
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