Royal Engagement Rings

[soCal girl]

I think I read that Mary and Frederick adopted the Australian tradition of wearing the engagement/wedding rings on the left hand instead of the Danish tradition of wearing them on the right.

[JessRulz]

Originally Posted by soCal girl

I think I read that Mary and Frederick adopted the Australian tradition of wearing the engagement/wedding rings on the left hand instead of the Danish tradition of wearing them on the right.

You're right soCal_girl, Mary & Frederik were their wedding/engagement rings on their left hand (like in Australia, England, the US) instead of the right hand (like in Denmark, most of Europe and Asia)

[adelaide]

In reality, the custom of left or right hand to wear the engagement and the wedding rings is variable. For instance, in France, catholic country the wedding ring is wore on the left hand since the XVIth century, whereas in Spain, except Catalugna, also catholic country the wedding ring is wore on the right hand. I don't know the spanish custom for the engagement ring, but very often the engagement ring is wearing on the same finger than the wedding ring, presicely on the ring-finger.

In the Orthodoxe religion the wedding ring is wore onthe right hand.

[Trudie]

Thank you to all who posted these photos. I really love Sophie Wessex ring.

[PrincessofEurope]

I love mary's engagement ring the rubies are beautiful.

[MoonlightRhapsody]

I'm liking Aimee's engagement ring. It looks like something that would become a family heirloom that she can pass on to her children.It looks like a colored diamond, not just a plain clear one. As much as I dislike Clotilde, I like her engagement ring the best.

Letizia's ring...hmm...I don't like it as an engagement ring. It looks more like an eternity band or a wedding ring, but not an engagement ring. Same goes for Cristina's. I hear that Felipe went shopping with his brother-in-law Inaki, that might have had an influence in the design of the ring.

[Rose1991]

Letizia's ring is very unique for an engagement ring, my mum's eternity ring is very similar, i really like the ring. It suits her personality, it is very clean and simple.

[royaltywatcher]

Originally Posted by Trudie

Thank you to all who posted these photos. I really love Sophie Wessex ring.

I like it too, and that goodness she has a nice engagement ring because her tiara is terrible, and I didn't like her wedding necklace either.

[love36]

Originally Posted by Josefine

The diamond engagement ring of the late Iranian Princess Soraya.
The ring, which was given to the princess by the Shah of Iran in 1950, is made of a 22.37 carat diamond

Is this the largest in carat size of all the royals?

[HenrikaB]

Does anyone besides me think the diamond engagement ring of the late Iranian Princess Soraya is/was just a little too ostentatious?

[xtan]

if its mine, i won't complain!! heeee heee heeee

[Britters]

Originally Posted by LadyM

I love Letizia's engagement ring, although I do think it looks more like a weddng band than an engagement ring.



I got engaged in May and my engagement ring has three stones. The center stone is an emerald - my birthstone. On either side of the emerald are triangular shaped diamonds. Most people are surprised that it is my engagement ring, but finding it wasn't difficult :)

I agree. I have an emerald cut sapphire as my center stone, and sheild (triangular) shaped diamonds flanking both sides. Most people are suprised when I tell them it's my engagement ring, however finding it wasn't the hard part. You just don't look in the engagement ring section, I suppose. High end dealers tend to have more colored stones available then mass market jewelers though...many of the mass market jewelers have labratory made colored stones.

[libra65]

Originally Posted by HenrikaB

Does anyone besides me think the diamond engagement ring of the late Iranian Princess Soraya is/was just a little too ostentatious?

A little??? I think there is such a thing as too much. This ring is waaaaaay too much.

[HRH Kerry]

Originally Posted by love36

Is this the largest in carat size of all the royals?

This definitely the largest I've heard of throughout the royals.

[seto]

Letizias ring is an eternity band.

[*SofiaM*]

Originally Posted by seto

Letizias ring is an eternity band.

Well it looks like one, I admit. Infanta Cristina's is similar, three people I know who have gotten engaged recently (in Spain) have used the same design for their rings. I would prefer it as my wedding band rather than engagement ring.

[JessRulz]

A quick fact: the ring Princess Grace wore in the 1956 movie High Society as her character's engagement ring was her actual engagement ring

[HRHAmy]

Princess Grace did have another engagment ring before the big one she recieved later. It was eternity band made with rubies and diamonds, it's in the pictures of her and Ranier at her parents home in PA when the news was announced. Here is the first engagement ring: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...5&d=1105274148
And the family at the announcement at her house in PA: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...1&d=1105274382

[Lisele]

Originally Posted by kaasmejsje

sorry girls,

cant help you with the royal engagement rings but i have something to compensate them all in once
pic from the engagement party in Latakia.

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OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't think she's got enough fingers!!!

[Lisele]

Thanks for posting all those beautiful pictures everyone :) Would anyone have pics of the Japanese royals engagement rings? I noticed that there were none.