Was Diana wearing her engagement ring when she died?
Diana was wearing a ring given to her by Dodi Fayed when she died. It was a £3,000 Bulgari yellow gold band with diamonds. The diamond band set in yellow gold was not an engagement ring and was worn on the fourth finger of her right hand, where her butler Paul Burrell advised her to wear it.
Another ring, a gold Bulgari one that Diana was wearing on her right hand at the time of her death and was given to her by Dodi, was merely a "friendship ring," according to her former butler Paul Burrell.
But Harry is said to have offered it to Prince William when he was planning to propose to Kate. As Princess Diana's butler Paul Burrell explained in the documentary The Diana Story, Harry said to his older brother, “Wouldn't it be fitting if she had Mummy's ring?
Following Diana's death in August 1997, the sapphire ring was inherited by her son Prince Harry, who eventually offered it to his older brother Prince William before he proposed to Kate Middleton with it in 2010.
What jewelry was Princess Diana wearing when she died?
A jaeger-lecoultre reversible watch, a pair of favorite kidney shaped gold earrings (one of which was later found lodged in dashboard), a Bulgari seed pearl bracelet anchored at each end with diamond encrusted dragons—a gift from Dodi which broke in crash and only six of the pearls were found, and a Bulgari gold band ...
On Meghan's wedding day, she debuted two rings: a simple wedding band made of Welsh gold, and Princess Diana's Aquamarine ring. After the ceremony, Meghan changed to head to her reception at Frogmore House and was first photographed wearing the colorful piece of jewelry.
Perhaps the most famous piece of jewelry Kate inherited from Princess Diana is this sapphire engagement ring. The ring was created by British jeweler Garrard and chosen for then-Prince Charles's proposal to Diana in 1981.
Kate Middleton made important adjustments to her engagement ring shortly before her wedding to Prince William in 2011. The Duchess of Cambridge altered the famous sapphire piece - which previously belonged to Diana, Princess of Wales - to avoid "a bride's worst nightmare."
In King: The Life of Charles III, Christopher Andersen says Charles was "ashen and trembling" when he heard the news of Diana's death. "He let out a cry of pain that was so spontaneous and came from the heart. Palace staff rushed over to Charles' room and found him collapsed in an armchair, weeping uncontrollably."
It has not been seen or exhibited since, and now belongs to Prince William and Prince Harry. Though unconfirmed, many speculate Meghan Markle's engagement ring, which she first wore in November 2017 at her engagement announcement with Prince Harry, includes two diamonds from Diana's famous sapphire and pearl choker.
The unknown alleged daughter of Diana is called Sarah Spencer. The rumor is that Prince Willam, after discovering her existence, was curious to meet her but was advised not to by the Royal advisors.
Diana's former husband, sons, mother, siblings, a close friend, and a clergyman were present. Diana's body was clothed in a black long-sleeved, three-quarter length woollen cocktail dress designed by Catherine Walker which she had chosen some weeks before, a pair of black pantyhose, and a pair of black shoes.
“Mohamed [Al-Fayed] was so focused on aligning himself publicly with the royal family and he was very sort of garish in his displays of money. The theory is if this was going to be Diana's ring and photographed by every media outlet in the world, he would never just present her with this approximately $11,000 ring.”
Diana suffered from a concussion, broken arm and a cut to her thigh in the crash, but what ultimately took her life were her severe chest wounds. Her heart was displaced in her chest and she suffered a tear to her pulmonary vein that proved lethal and caused internal bleeding.
After the princess' death, most of her personal jewelry was inherited by her two sons Princes William and Harry, with pieces loaned to her during her lifetime being returned to Queen Elizabeth II, where they are most likely to have been inherited by King Charles in 2022.
Did Meghan Markle really redesign her engagement ring? No. As it turns out it was Prince Harry who surprised his wife by changing her engagement ring to include Archie to make it even more meaningful.
Prince William was first to be married so Diana's engagement ring went to Catherine as she will one day be queen. The brothers agreed that it would be a good way to memorialize their mum. Prince Harry ended up with Diana's Gold Cartier tank watch among many others.
As for why the Queen left Meghan out of her inheritance, Radar Online's source speculated that it could be due to either “practicality” or Harry and Meghan's drama with the British royal family in the years leading up to the Queen's death.
Did Meghan Markle get any jewelry from Queen Elizabeth?
Meghan is still Duchess of Sussex, but has no right to borrow the royal tiaras and gems the way her rivals do. All Meghan has is a pair of modest pearl and diamond earrings that Queen Elizabeth gave her.
When Prince Harry released his tell-all novel Spare in January of 2023, he dropped many bombshells about royal family life. In one of his revelations, Harry wrote that he never gave his brother, Prince William, Princess Diana's engagement ring ahead of his proposal to Kate Middleton.
It was eventually returned to Queen Elizabeth upon the princess's death in 1997. Kate paired the choker, estimated to be worth $20 million, with a minty-green, off-the-shoulder dress from Solace London that she reportedly rented for roughly $80.
Diana and Dodi did visit the jewelry store, which goes unnamed in the royal drama but was actually Repossi, where she did pick out a ring. In an interview with the Washington Post after their deaths, jeweler Alberto Repossi said the couple came in to the store around August 20.
