ON ONE HAND, A£32 RING, ONTHE OTHER A £122,500 SPARKLER

tHey say you can tell a lot about a woman by the jewellery she wears. And jewellery has played a key role in Meghan’s evolving style, and in her relationship with Harry.

In her early days in the spotlight, Meghan didn’t tend to wear anything on her wrists, round her neck or in her ears. Her clothes and shoes were more than enough to turn heads — and her natural, effortless look doesn’t lend itself to fiddly chains or gems.

But she’s developed a definitive style. Her collection is delicate, relaxed, unostentatious, a contrast to the usual dazzlers royal women wear.

She prefers gold, especially rings and necklaces. A trademark Meghan look is the ring stack, which involves wearing two or three similarly shaped rings on top of one another — and much has been made of the fact she wears a £32 ring on her index finger (said to help self-esteem) and one on her thumb (a sign of dominance and ambition).

Meghan is fond of Missoma, a London-based brand stocked at Harvey Nichols and Selfridges. When she wore their £45 18- carat gold ‘Interstellar’ ring in edinburgh this year (pictured right), it sold out.

recently, she’s shown a penchant for more expensive pieces — and not just her £122,500 engagement ring. New favourites are from Canadian jeweller Birks, including the diamond stacked rings pictured, worth £1,104 and £3,691. She was introduced to the brand by friend Jessica Mulroney while filming Suits in 2011.

Despite the elevated price tag, eva Hartling, vice president of Birks, says Meghan’s choices are ‘very simple’. At 36, Meghan has a defined, distinctive style and, having been doing it all her life, she still buys most, if not all, of her jewellery herself.

‘Our jewellery is targeted at women who are powerful, successful, independent, who don’t necessarily want a man to buy them gifts,’ adds eva. ‘this sums Meghan up.’