Meghan Markle appears to have added more diamonds to her engagement ring, which features two of the late Princess’ diamonds, while Kate modified a pair of Diana’s sapphire and diamond earrings. According to recent pictures of Meghan, the yellow gold band on her engagement ring has been replaced by an upgraded micro-pavé band. Meanwhile, in 2012 William gifted his mother’s earrings to Kate, who removed the stud fastening, changing the pair to a single pair of drop earrings.

Princess Diana mostly wore them as double drop earrings, although was occasionally pictured wearing them as a single pair of studs.

In a special “letter of wishes” included in her will, Princess Diana wrote: “I would like to allocate all my jewellery to the share to be held by my sons, so that their wives may, in due course, have it or use it. 

“I leave the exact division of the jewellery to your discretion.”

Kate’s altered earrings were often worn by the Princess of Wales, as they perfectly matched her (and now Kate’s) sapphire engagement ring. 

Prince William proposed to Kate with his late mother’s 12-carat sapphire engagement ring which is surrounded by 14 solitaire diamonds, set in 18-carat white gold and estimated to be worth £300,000, in 2010.

Prince Harry asked Meghan to marry him in 2017 with a ring he had designed using two of his mother’s diamonds along with a larger stone sourced from Botswana – where the couple enjoyed a secret romantic holiday that year.

Ingrid Seward, the editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, believes altering the ring was an “odd decision” and says the “piece of history” should not have been modernised.

Speaking to the Sun Online, she said: “I find it a bit odd Meghan would want to alter a ring that her husband had specially designed for her.

“A royal engagement ring is a piece of history not a bit of jewellery to be updated when it looks old fashioned.”

It is unclear when the work was done, however Meghan was spotted without the ring during the last few months of her pregnancy so it could have been done then. 

Earlier this month, the Duchess of Sussex made her first public appearance following the arrival of her son Archie at Trooping the Colour where she was spotted with a new ring on her finger, a diamond eternity band. 

This band is likely a present from her husband in honour of either their one-year wedding anniversary or their first child. 

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