Who had the more expensive engagement ring of King Charles – Princess Diana or Queen Camilla?

King Charles married twice: he married his first wife, Lady Diana Spencer, on July 29, 1981 and his second wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, on April 9, 2005. Not a big fan of comparison of women to other women, but it is interesting to look at their respective engagement rings and compare the two (and they could barely be more different).

Charles’ commitment to Diana was announced on February 24, 1981, only five months before their marriage to Saint-Paul cathedral. (A member of the public that day? Camilla, who was released with Charles before marrying her husband Andrew Parker Bowles in 1973 and remained his close friend-perhaps too close.) In the biography of Andrew Morton in 1992 of Princess Diana, Charles and Diana’s proposal are “described as briefs”, according to Princess Diana, Charles and Diana’s proposal is “described as brief” Diana, Charles and Diana is “described as brief”, according to the princess City and country. Apparently Charles and Diana were in the nursery of the castle of Windsor when Charles “simply asked him to marry him”. Diana’s response? A laugh, thinking it could be a joke.

“The prince was seriously deadly, emphasizing the seriousness of his proposal by reminding her that one day she would be queen,” wrote Morton. But Diana had a “little voice in her head (this) told her that she would never become queen but that he would have a difficult life”. Anyway, Diana said yes and told her on several occasions how much she loved her. “Everything that love means,” replied Charles – a line that he would repeat sadly in their engagement maintenance.

Charles then called her mother, Queen Elizabeth, and said the news to her: they were engaged. According to MarriedCharles proposed with a 12-carat sapphire and diamond ring (which Kate Middleton, the daughter-in-law, is now wearing). Diana actually chose her own engagement ring in the catalog of a Garrard, “who broke with the royal tradition at the time”, ” Married reported.

The ring includes an oval cutting sapphire from Sri Lanka surrounded by 14 solitary diamonds with round cut and located in 18 -carat white gold. In 1981, the ring cost between $ 37,500 and $ 60,000; In today’s dollars, it is worth around $ 520,000. But, as Married In other words: “Several factors contribute to the high price of the label, including inflation, the scarcity of jewelry and the fact that it is now the engagement ring of Kate Middleton.”

Many moons later, Charles and Camilla’s commitments were announced on February 10, 2005; The long -standing couple (including during their wedding with Diana) would get married two months later at the Windsor castle. When Charles proposed, he knew Camilla for 35 years, and unlike Diana, he kneel The telegraph.

“Of course,” she said when he was asked if Charles had kneel. “What else?”

That said, few others are known on their real proposal, but we know with what he proposed: a platinum engagement ring with an emerald five -carat diamond with three baguettes in this side in this City and country Described as “an art deco design”.

The point of sale added that “the piece would have come from the Queen Mother’s collection – it was seen bearing the ring in the 1980s – although its origins before is not clear.” Married However, reported that the ring had been given to the Queen Mother by her husband, King George VI, on the occasion of the birth of Queen Elizabeth in 1926. The heritage jewel is estimated at $ 288,000, according to Married– Less money than Diana (and now Kate) Memorable Sparkler.

Charles and Camilla – Now, of course, King Charles and Queen Camilla – led their 20th wedding anniversary last month. When asked what their secret for a happy wedding is, Camilla underlined “laughing at the same things” as what kept them together for so long.