Here Are The 13 Most Expensive Royal Engagement Rings Ever

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Have you ever wondered how much does an engagement ring cost? There are of course those that can be pretty nice but modest, and there are those that cost a fortune. And who are the people that spend a fortune for an engagement ring? The Royals, of course. The most expensive engagement rings in the world are in possession of the royals. And the public loves to talk about them like they did when Kate Middleton got engaged to Prince William, and when Meghan Markle got engaged to Prince Harry. The rings are beautiful, luxurious and expensive. And when you think of the royals you think about the British royal family, but there are also some other royals that spent a lot of money for these special pieces of jewelry. You will, or maybe you won’t be surprised when you see which one was the most expensive. We are going to show you the list of the most expensive royal engagement rings ever, but we are going to show you also some were not that expensive, and they were royal too. That means that royals can be modest sometimes.

1. Princess Mary of Denmark

Princess Mary of Denmark was engaged to Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark with a ruby cut diamond engagement ring. The interesting part is that the color of the stones in the ring matches the Danish flag. There are two ruby stones and between them, there is a white diamond. It’s a customized ring that costs around $13,500.

2. Princess Sofia of Sweden

Former model and reality TV contestant Sofia Hellqvist is now a princess of Sweden. People from Sweden were shocked when Prince Carl Phillip proposed to her because she was a model and she had some provocative photographs of herself. But Prince Carl Phillip proposed her with a center-cut diamond ring that is surrounded by three bands of smaller diamonds. The prize is similar to the one we mentioned before, around $13,500.

3. Queen Maxima

Queen Maxima is originally from Argentina, but now she is the Queen of the Netherlands. She was proposed by now King Willem-Alexander with an oval-shaped diamond ring. This ring is also in the color that represents the national color of the Netherlands, orange. There is no information about the precise price because the ring is unique and the stone is rare, so the estimated worth is between $20,000 and $200,000.

4. Princess Diana

Everyone knows about this ring, the engagement ring that was once Princess Diana’s. Prince Charles proposed Diana in 1981, and she had the luck to choose her engagement ring. She chose a ring from a selection that was presented to her by Garrard Jewelers. It’s an 18-carat oval sapphire surrounded by diamonds. The price way back then for the ring was $36,000, but the price went up in the future.

5. Princess Charlene of Monaco

Former professional swimmer Charlene Lynette Wittstock was proposed by Prince Albert of Monaco with a 3-carat pear-shaped diamond that is surrounded by many other smaller white diamonds. This beautiful engagement ring is designed by Jewelers Maison Repossi. The cost of the ring was around $68,000.

6. Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of Windsor

Sarah Ferguson was the wife of Prince Andrew, Prince Charles’ brother. When Prince Andrew proposed her back in 1986, she got a ring with a ruby stone, adorned with 10 diamonds that were arranged in a floral pattern. The ring was designed by Garrard Jewelers, just like Princess Diana’s was. The interesting part was that Prince Andrew chose the ruby stone as a centerpiece because it reminded him of Sarah’s red hair.

7. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

When Prince Charles proposed Camilla Parker Bowles, his now second wife, he used an art deco diamond ring from his grandmother’s collection. When the engagement took place in 2005, the ring was worth around $135,000, but today it’s worth around $270,000.

8. Queen Elizabeth II

The engagement ring that Queen Elizabeth II got from her then fiancée Prince Philip is interesting because it is made from a tiara that once belonged to Prince Philip’s mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg. This 3-carat ring is now worth around $135,000.

9. Pippa Middleton

Pippa Middleton is not royalty, but her engagement rings are in the range of royal engagement rings. James Matthews proposed Pippa with a 5-carat art deco engagement ring, with an Ascher cut diamond surrounded with an octagonal band of smaller diamonds. This astonishing ring is worth $120,000.

10. Sophie, Countess of Wessex

Prince Edward is the Queens Elizabeth’s youngest son. He proposed to Sophie Rhys-Jones with a ring that has three diamonds, a two-carat oval one that is surrounded by two heart-shaped gems. The ring is of course from Garrard Jewelers, like many other royal British engagement rings. It’s an 18-karat white gold ring and the estimated price of it is around $141,500.

11. Kate Middleton, The Duchess of Cambridge

We mentioned this ring earlier; it was the ring Princess Diana got from Prince Charles when they got engaged. Prince William decided to propose Kate Middleton with this marvelous ring, and it is said that he carried it in his pocket for three weeks before he decided it is the right time to go down on his knee and propose to Kate. We also told you that at the time of Princess Diana’s and Prince Charles’s engagement the ring with 12-carat Ceylon sapphire was worth around $36,000, but today the ring is worth much more. Today it is estimated to be worth around $500,000.

12. Meghan Markle

The ring Prince Harry gave to Meghan Markle when he proposed to her is also very unique and specific. The center stone if from Botswana and this country is very sentimental to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and their relationship. The ring is definitely unique because it also has two diamonds that are from Princess Diana’s personal jewelry collection. The ring is priceless, but some experts estimated that the worth of the ring is around $350,000.

13. Grace Kelly, The Princess of Monaco

Hollywood superstar Grace Kelly was proposed by Prince Rainier III, and she became the Princess of Monaco after she married him. She became the most popular Princess in the world. She had two engagement rings, the first one was with diamonds and rubies, but the second was really special. The second ring was a 10.5-carat diamond ring, that some say are priceless. But some experts are saying that the estimated worth of this ring is around $4.6 million. And that definitely is the most expensive royal engagement ring on this list, and the most expensive royal engagement ring of all time.

Prince Grace Kelly tragically died in 1982, after a car crash, and since then the ring has been displayed in various exhibits all around the world.

With this, we are ending the list of the most expensive royal engagement rings of all time, but we do have two more honorable mentions. These two are also royal engagement rings, but they are not that expensive like the others. They are very beautiful indeed, but they are modest. With these two rings, we can say that you don’t need a fortune if you would like to propose your significant other with a beautiful and astonishing ring. And if the Royals can do it, that there is no need for you to spend a fortune too.

•    Queen Letizia Ortiz

Letizia Ortiz was from a modest family and she was a journalist when she caught the attention of then Prince Felipe VI. He proposed her with a very modest ring, but that is nothing strange because Spain is known for modest engagements. The ring is a white gold ring that has 16 baguette diamonds, and it cost only $4,000. The interesting part is that now Queen Letizia doesn’t wear the ring in public. She exchanged it for a much simpler ring years later. Her ring isn’t pricey, and it is modest, but when she got engaged to Felipe, she did get a priceless necklace that is from a family collection.

•    Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

Victoria is a Swedish princess and she is loved by the whole nation because she is modest and down-to-earth. She got a really simple engagement ring when she got engaged, a simple round diamond solitaire with little embellishment. It is simple and it is worth only $10,000. But it is different from other engagement rings that are normal in the Swedish tradition. The Swedish tradition usually involves just a simple gold band for engagements, so this means that her ring is over the top for their standards.

Source: cheatsheet.com