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For the Ripple of Hope Award Gala, Meghan Markle wore a white off-the-shoulder gown designed by Louis Vuitton, per Page Six. The dress featured long sleeves and a front slit. Her accessories included a pair of diamond drop earrings and some famous bling: Princess Diana’s aquamarine ring. Diana commissioned the piece after she divorced King Charles III, and it was meant to replace her engagement ring.Â
Fans of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex felt like Meghan’s decision to wear the ring when she did was a calculated one — and they were here for it. “Not Meghan Markle wearing Princess Diana’s ‘freedom’ ring two days before ‘Harry and Meghan’ drops on Netflix!” read one tweet. “Fitting that Meghan has the freedom ring and the other one has the cursed marriage ring,” another person wrote. This was in reference to Catherine, Princess of Wales, now owning Princess Diana’s sapphire engagement ring.
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In the “The Diana Story” documentary, former royal butler Paul Burrell revealed that the sapphire ring was once in Prince Harry’s possession (via Express). After Diana died, her sons each chose a piece of her jewelry as a keepsake, and Harry picked the ring. However, when William, Prince of Wales, decided to marry Kate Middleton, Harry gave his older brother the ring to propose with. “His one thing he kept from his mother, he gave to his brother,” said Burrell. “That’s selfless, kind, and exactly who Diana was.”
