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After Princess Diana’s death, Wil- liam and Harry chose keepsakes from her jewellery collection. William selected the gold Cartier Tank watch that had been a gift from his grandfather Earl Spencer, while Harry chose his mother’s sapphire engagement ring. But the brothers had a pact – whoever needed an engagement ring first could claim it, and of course that was William.

The ring (pictured) wasn’t considered too special, being off the shelf from Garrard, the royal jewellers. The Queen and Prince Charles had presented Diana with a tray of rings, and the Queen’s eyes popped, according to Diana, when she chose the biggest. Today the ring is priceless because of its connection to the tragic princess.

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Meghan is all the more romantic because he designed it himself. He sourced the central diamond from Botswana, where he’d done a lot of charity work, and two smaller diamonds belonging to his mother. Yet Meghan later replaced the traditional plain gold band with one studded with pavé diamonds.

When she left for her evening reception at Frogmore House on her wedding day, Meghan was wearing the whopping aquamarine known as Diana’s ‘divorce ring’. The blue stone has a controversial past. Rumour has it that a gem hunter who bought the stone abroad smuggled it back to the UK – secreted about his person. And the next time he saw it was on a magazine cover – being worn by the Princess of Wales.