It wasn’t the jam jar that drew attention in Meghan Markle’s latest Instagram post for her lifestyle brand, As Ever – it was her showstopping pear-shaped diamond ring.
Meghan debuted the distinctive ring at a festival last autumn, before she was spotted wearing it again on her right hand at an NBA All-Star Game in February. Each time, the Duchess of Sussex has worn the scene-stealer on her right hand, prompting jewellery experts to speculate on the sparkly piece’s hidden meaning.
Meanwhile, fans have wondered if this is another second engagement ring. When teasers of her Netflix show With Love, Meghan dropped last year, sharp-eyed viewers noticed that Meghan’s engagement ring had been tweaked.
In the near-decade since Prince Harry proposed, her ring has been updated and added to at least three times, evolving with Meghan’s signature polished, pared-back style. The engagement ring’s latest redesign appears to feature an emerald-cut diamond, bringing the estimated value up to around £300,000.
The original ring was designed with a central diamond from Botswana, where the couple famously spent their third date together, and two diamonds from one of Princess Diana’s tennis bracelets.
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Adding to the guesswork for fans, Meghan has been spotted in another Instagram post wearing both the pear-shaped diamond ring and her recognisable engagement ring – so what could the new piece mean? The right-hand placement could provide a clue.
Speaking to Elle, Angie Kennedy, Zales’s vice president of product merchandising, explained: “Right-hand rings often reflect personal style and milestones rather than tradition. For a piece of this significance, wearing it on the right hand allows it to shine as a statement and highlights her individual self-expression.”
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Diana diamond pear halo engagement ring 18k gold
Like Meghan’s ring, this design features a pear-shaped diamond as its centrepiece, creating a similarly elegant, sophisticated silhouette with plenty of sparkle. Distinguished by its halo-style setting, the jewellery piece is smaller than the Duchess of Cambridge’s ring, albeit just as timeless.
Pear-shaped diamonds have long been a covetable choice for engagement rings. Elizabeth Taylor’s 69.42-carat pear-shaped ring famously became known as the Taylor-Burton Diamond, while Frank Sinatra proposed to Mia Farrow with a 9-carat pear-shaped diamond ring in the swinging sixties.
The style has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, plumped for by the likes of Adele, Meghan Fox, Victoria Beckham – and now Meghan Markle.
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