{"id":1022,"date":"2025-07-31T15:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:18:22","slug":"meghan-markle-engagement-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/meghan-markle-engagement-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Meghan Markle Alter Her Engagement Ring Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meghan Markle\u2019s engagement ring is not just a symbol of her relationship with Prince Harry. \u00a0It\u2019s become an evolving emblem of her personal style, milestones, and transformations since their engagement in 2017. Here\u2019s a look at the ring\u2019s journey and the major updates she has made to it over the years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The Original Ring:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen Prince Harry proposed in late 2017, he designed the engagement ring featuring a cushion-cut diamond from Botswana. \u00a0It&#8217;s flanked by two round diamonds from Princess Diana\u2019s personal collection. The three-stone design was set on a classic yellow gold band, which Meghan said was her favorite metal. The ring was deeply sentimental, tying both Harry&#8217;s connection to Botswana and his late mother, Diana, into the couple&#8217;s new story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>First Major Update: The Pav\u00e9 Band (2019):<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 2019, royal watchers noticed a key update. Meghan swapped the original plain yellow gold band for a more delicate, micro pav\u00e9 band encrusted with tiny diamonds.\u00a0This elegant change was reportedly engineered with the help of jeweler Lorraine Schwartz, at Harry\u2019s request. Much of this was done either to resize the ring post-pregnancy or to modernize the look as her style evolved.\u00a0This revision was first noticed at Trooping the Colour and Archie\u2019s debut.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Second Major Update: Additional Diamonds (2025):<\/strong><br \/>\nBy 2025, Meghan made another subtle yet striking enhancement by adding additional diamonds surrounding the center stone, which increased the ring&#8217;s brilliance and value. The update coincided with her appearance at the Invictus Games. \u00a0A significant venue where she and Harry had their first public outing as a couple years earlier. Experts said this addition was both an upgrade and a symbolic gesture, further personalizing the ring.\u00a0 Also, some fans spotted Meghan wearing what appeared to be an emerald-cut center diamond in her Netflix show, &#8216;With Love, Meghan&#8217; and in Instagram posts. At this time, however, Meghan herself has not officially confirmed whether this is indeed a new diamond or a clever re-setting of the original stone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Other Noteworthy Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Meghan\u2019s changing styles and ring updates have led to fluctuations in the ring\u2019s value. Now estimated at between $250,000 and $300,000 after all enhancements.<\/li>\n<li>The stacking order of her ring set (engagement ring, wedding band, and eternity ring) also varies. Adding a modern and personal twist to tradition.<\/li>\n<li>The piece remains, by far, her most expensive jewelry item, featuring invaluable diamonds from Princess Diana\u2019s collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The Significance of Change:<\/strong><br \/>\nExperts and jewelry aficionados have observed that each modification reflects not just fashion trends or practical adjustments, but Meghan\u2019s evolution as a public figure, wife, mother, and entrepreneur. As jeweler M. Sompura put it, \u201cAs we evolve, we want our jewelry to reflect our changing style and views on life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the original, sentimental design to its latest sparkling chapter, Meghan\u2019s engagement ring evolves as she does. Each phase telling a unique story about royalty, love, and self-expression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most renowned and trusted online sources to buy quality diamond engagement ring is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/\">Diamond Hedge<\/a>. Diamond Hedge is the first Augmented Reality diamond search engine. \u00a0They allow consumers to try on diamond rings on their hands from anywhere in the world. And then compare from over 1 million natural and lab grown diamonds from all the leading diamond companies of the world. \u00a0They provide high quality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/loose-diamonds\">loose diamonds<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/engagement-rings\">diamond engagement rings<\/a>\u00a0at the most competitive prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle\u2019s Evolving Engagement Ring: A Story of Love, Style, and Transformation<\/p>\n<a class=\"read_more_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/meghan-markle-engagement-ring\/\">Read More...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,16,161,15,228],"tags":[137,142,138,275,272,273,274,277,276],"class_list":["post-1022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-engagement-rings","category-diamonds","category-engagement-rings","category-jewelry","category-rings","tag-cushion-cut-diamond","tag-cushion-cut-diamond-engagement-ring","tag-cushion-cut-diamond-ring","tag-kate-middleton","tag-meghan-markle","tag-prince-harry","tag-prince-william","tag-royal-engagement-rings","tag-royal-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1025,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022\/revisions\/1025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondhedge.com\/public\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}