The Diana Ring - Jewelry

Jewelry of Diana, Princess of Wales

The Jewelry Collection page is continually being updated.
Please check back often  for new items and pictures.

Special Thanks to Acadie at Acadie's  Art for her precious gem
downloads - which The Diana Ring is using in recreating
the Princess' jewelry collection. Visit her wonderful site here:

  
Reproduction Copyright 2005 www.thedianaring.com
Photograph Copyright Tim Graham

The Sapphire and Diamond Engagement Ring

Created by Garrards in 1980, the ring featured an 
12-carat oval Ceylon sapphire surrounded 
by 14 solitaire cut diamonds 
and set in 18-carat white gold. Urban legend says
that the Princess selected the ring 
because it was "the largest" in a 
tray of rings sent over by Garrards-but the 
Princess herself said that the ring was selected 
by the Queen and Prince Charles.

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Images Copyright Althorp House & the British Broadcasting Corporation 

The Spencer Tiara 

A gold tiara in the form of scrolling foliage 
and tulip and star shaped flowers 
decorated with diamonds in silver settings. 
The tiara is entirely composite and not an heirloom, 
as has been previously suggested.
The central element was a gift from Lady Sarah Spencer to 
Cynthia, Viscountess Althorp, as a wedding present in 1919.
. The tiara was remounted in 1927 by Asprey and 
Co., Ltd., and four other elements were 
made to match the central element, 
with stones taken from various items of 
jewelry donated by the Spencer family. 
The two elements at the end are said to have come 
from a tiara owned by Francis, Viscountess Montagu 
and left to Lady Sarah Spencer in 1875. 


The tiara is on display, along with the Princess' wedding gown and other 
items in the exhibition "Diana-A Celebration". 
Between July 1st and August 31 of each year, 
the exhibition is open at Althorp House.

    
Photographs Copyright HM The Queen & Tim Graham

The Cambridge Lover's Knot Tiara

Originally owned by Queen Mary, 
this silver, diamond, and pearl tiara 
was created by Garrards in 1914 to the Queen's design, 
and from pearls 
and diamonds in her collection. 
It was a copy of one owned by Queen Mary's grandmother
 - a popular design of the 19th century, there are five 
known versions still in existence. 
Originally, the tiara featured pearl spikes 
above each of the lover's bowknots, 
but Queen Mary later had those removed 
and made into a necklace. 
Queen Elizabeth II wore this tiara on numerous 
occasions, and presented it to 
the Princess on the occasion of her wedding 
in 1981.

Courtesy Leslie Field - "The Queen's Jewels/The Personal Collection of Elizabeth II" 
Published 1987, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY


Reproduction Copyright 2005 www.thedianaring.com

The Wedding Band of Welsh Gold

The Princess' wedding ring was made 
from the last of a soft nugget of Welsh 
gold, mined at the famous Clogau St David's gold mine
 - the same nugget which had also provided wedding rings 
for the Queen Mother, the Queen,  
Princess Margaret, and Princess Anne. 
The simple gold band is engraved on 
the inside with the words: "I Love You, Diana".

  
Reproduction Copyright 2005 www.thedianaring.com
Photograph Copyright Tim Graham

Lady Diana's Rings

As Lady Diana Spencer, working and living in London prior to 
her engagement, the Princess was often photographed wearing 
two rings on her right hand - a Cartier Russian wedding ring of 
three yellow gold bands on her little finger, which was a gift from 
her parents on her 18th birthday; and a band of round diamonds 
set in white gold on her third finger, a Spencer family heirloom. 
These rings were rarely seen during her marriage, although they 
remained in the Princess' collection-occassionally,, the Princess 
was photographed wearing both on her left hand.

    
Reproduction Copyright 2005 www.thedianaring.com
Photographs Copyright Tim Graham

The Aquamarine Ring

The Princess was first photographed wearing this ring at the 
preview reception for the Christie's Auction of her gowns in 
London, and again when she visited Sydney, Australia the same 
summer. The ring, an emerald cut aquamarine flanked by small, 
solitaire diamonds and set in 24-carat yellow gold, was 
commissioned by the Princess from Asprey & Garrard in 1997. 
At the Christie's Auction reception, The Princess teamed it with 
her band of diamonds set in white gold, a Spencer family heirloom, 
on the third finger of her left hand.

    
Reproduction Copyright www.thedianaring.com
Photographs Courtesy Tim Graham

The Swiss Federal Republic's Watch

The Swiss Federal Republic presented this specially designed 
platinum watch to the Queen in 1947, as a wedding gift. 
Designed by Vacheron & Constantin, the world's oldest watch factory. 
The Queen gave the watch as a wedding gift to the Princess, in 1981.

Courtesy Leslie Field - "The Queen's Jewels/The Personal Collection of Elizabeth II"
Published 1987 Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY.

  
Photographs Copyright Guernsey Auctioneers and Tim Graham

The Swan Lake Suite

The Princess wore this necklace to the royal gala performance 
of the ballet Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall in London in June 
1997. The necklace was created by Garrards in the spring of 1997 
with Diana's "knowledge and assistance" and included five of the 
Princess's favourite jewels - South Sea pearls.

She wore the necklace to the gala performance before returning it 
to the jewellers for the accompanying pearl and diamond earrings 
to be completed. Her untimely death prevented her purchase of the suite.

Garrards arranged a private sale of the suite to an English couple, 
who offered the jewels for sale a few years later through Guernsey's 
Auctioneers. They were then purchased by a Texas memorabilia
collector, who planned to put the gems on display at his Houston 
furniture business. The English couple who originally owned the suite 
donated a significant portion of the proceeds from the auction to the Diana,
Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.

Courtesy BBC News

  
Photographs Copyright HM The Queen & Tim Graham

The King Faisal of Saudi Arabia Necklace

This fringe necklace of of drop diamonds, 
set with brilliants and baquettes, 
was designed by American jeweler Harry Winston 
and presented to the 
Queen by King Faisal in 1967 during his state visit to England. 
The Queen loaned the necklace to the Princess 
for her state visit to Australia 
in 1983.

Courtesy Leslie Field - "The Queen's Jewels/The Personal Collection of Elizabeth II"
Published 1987 Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY.

      
Photographs Copyright HM The Queen & Tim Graham

The Queen's Pear Drop Earrings

These pear drop earrings, in a modern gold setting, 
were comissioned from 
Garrards by the Queen, and made from family stones. 
The Queen loaned 
them to the Princess for 
her official visit to Australia in 1983.

Courtesy Leslie Field - "The Queen's Jewels/The Personal Collection of Elizabeth II"
Published 1987 Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY.


Photograph Copyright HM The Queen

The Queen's Modern Baquettes & Brilliants Bracelet

The Queen commissioned this bracelet from Garrards in 1982. 
In 1983, she loaned it to the Princess for her state visit to Australia.

Courtesy Leslie Field - "The Queen's Jewels/The Personal Collection of Elizabeth II"
Published 1987 Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY.

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Choker Detail Photograph Copyright HM The Queen 
Photographs of Diana, Princess of Wales  Copyright Tim Graham

The Queen Mary Art Deco Emerald and Diamond Choker

Originally made with sixteen of the Cambridge Emeralds as part of the
Delhi Dubar parure, matching the necklace and bracelet, it was
remodeled for Queen Mary in the 1920's, using the same emeralds and
brilliant cut diamonds, but set in platinum in the Art Deco style.
Inherited by the Queen in 1953, it was later presented to the Princess
as a wedding gift from the Queen.

As an alternative to a tiara, the Princess wore the choker as a bandeau,
across her forehead, at a charity visit during her visit to Australia in 1983.

Courtesy Leslie Field - "The Queen's Jewels/The Personal Collection of Elizabeth II"
Published 1987 Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY.

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