Royalty Wedding Rings

Following up from our list of Celebrity Wedding Rings, here are some of the engagement rings that have been exchanged in royal hands.

Mary of Burgundy – received the first documented diamond engagement ring in 1477 from the Archduke Maximilian of Hamburg.

Princess Mary – may well be the youngest recipient of a diamond wedding ring. A tiny ring with a large diamond was placed on her finger when she was married (by proxy) to the Dauphin of France in 1518 at age of two!

Queen Victoria – wore an engagement ring in the shape of a serpent motif whose coils symbolized eternity.

Queen Elizabeth II – was given a ring created with heirloom diamonds from Prince Philip’s mother’s tiara.

Lady Diana Spencer – received a sapphire and diamond engagement ring from Prince Charles.

Camilla Parker-Bowles – A love affair thirty-five years in the making became one step closer to being formalized when Prince Charles presented his long time paramour with a square-cut diamond ring passed down from the Queen Mother.

Camilla Parker Bowles – The Prince of Wales wedding rings were hand made in court style by Wartski, using Welsh gold.

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• Aug 29th, 07
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