This is how Lady Di's jewelry was divided between Meghan and Kate

Royalty
Although none of the duchesses met Princess Diana, they do wear her present in their accessories
Tuesday 09 June 2020
Miriam Jimenez

Following Princess Diana's death, her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, received her extensive jewelry collection. Now they belong to their respective wives, Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle , who wear them and pay tribute to who would have been her mother-in-law.This is how Lady Di's jewelry was divided between Meghan and Kate This is how Lady Di's jewelry was divided between Meghan and Kate

What pieces does each one have? Although Kate has the engagement ring that Prince Charles gave to Princess Diana in 1981, Meghan's ring b> It is no less valuable, as it combines elements of other pieces of Lady Di's jewelry .

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from my mom, to make sure she's with us on this crazy trip together."

In addition to diamonds, the Duchess of Sussex also has an aquamarine ring in her jewelery box that was a gift from Lucia Flecha de Lima, a friend of Diana. The People's Princess, as she was popularly known, first wore it in June 1997 during the auction of her wardrobe at Christie's. Royalty experts say it was the replacement for her engagement ring once she signed the divorce from Prince Charles.

This is how Lady Diana's jewelry was divided between Meghan and Kate

The former actress also has a pair of butterfly-shaped earrings, set with small black and white diamonds, which she wore on her tour of Australia days after announcing her pregnancy. In addition, Meghan has in her collection a yellow gold bracelet with black details that, according to experts, Diana only wore once, during her visit to a center for the elderly in 1990.

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In addition to having the iconic 12-carat blue sapphire ring surrounded by 14 solitaire diamonds, the Duchess of Cambridge's jeweler keeps other exclusive pieces that they were inherited. For example, the sapphire and diamond earrings that were a wedding gift from Crown Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia at his wedding to Carlos .

Kate received them after her engagement to William, and gave them a slight modification: they are now pendants. Kate wears them a lot because they match her engagement ring.

She also has the Mar del Sur earrings, made with pearls and diamonds, which she chose to go to the 2019 Baftas (it should be mentioned that they were Diana's favourites).

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On her official trip to Germany in 2017, Kate wore one of Nigel Milne's triple-strand pearl bracelets that belonged to Lady Diana, which she debuted in 1988 and regularly wore one in each hand. In the same year, the Duchess of Cambridge wore the four-strand pearl choker to the 70th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. .

Possibly because of her status as the future Princess of Wales, Kate inherited Diana's favorite tiara: the Cambridge Lovers Knot Tiara, crafted with 19 brilliant diamonds and pearls, one of its greatest treasures.

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