DIAMOND SAPPHIRE ENGAGEMENT RING

This ring has a large oval sapphire surrounded by 14 round diamonds set in 18K white gold.

This ring is in the possession of Prince Harry.  After their mother's death, Princes William and Harry made a visit to Kensington Palace and selected mementos from their mother's possessions.  One of the items that Prince Harry chose was this ring and one of the items Prince William chose was his mother's 18K yellow gold Cartier Tank Francaise watch.

From 'The Divided Prince' p.230 by Christopher Andersen, Vanity Fair 20th Anniversary Issue pp.221-252, September 2003

"    ...Four months after the funeral, it was Burrell who opened the black front door to Kensington Palace and welcomed the boys for one last walk through the apartments they had shared with their mother.  William shook Burrell's hand, but "Harry ran across and hugged me," the butler recalled.  "He knew my heart was breaking as much as theirs."  Then, as a tearful Harry held on tight to Burrell, they walked from room to room, picking out mementos to take with them to their new rooms at St. James's Palace.  Among other things, William chose the Cartier Tank watch that the Princess always wore - a gift from her father, the eight Earl Spencer.  Harry picked out the sapphire-and-diamond engagement ring given by Charles to the blushing "Shy Di" when she was just 19."

CARTIER TRINITY RING AND SIGNET RING

DIAMOND ETERNITY BAND

Picture scanned from 'Princess Diana Lady of Fashion' p.26, Introduction by Martina Shaw, Designed and Produced by Ted Smart and David Gibbon.

Picture scanned from 'The Story of DIANA' p.101 by David Levenson and Trevor Hall, 1985.  This book doesn't have any page numbers so the numbering I used starts immediately after the family tree page.

EMERALD-CUT AQUAMARINE RING

Thanks to JoeK for pointing out to me that the aquamarine ring is a separate piece from Diana's 5-strand pearl and aquamarine bracelet.

Photo re-hosted from this link: http://worldroots.com/brigitte/diana_gifs/diana141.jpg

Diana wore both aquamarine ring and bracelet in Australia 1996 for a Dinner Dance at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.

Photo re-hosted from this link: http://fashion.about.com/od/celebritystyle/ig/Princess-Diana-Style/Princess-Diana--1996.-4lS.htm

SAPPHIRE CABOCHON RING

Photos taken during Christmas 1982 photo session at Kensington Palace.  This seems to be the one and only time Diana wore this sapphire cabochon ring.  Perhaps she was trying to protect Prince William from getting scratched by her engagement ring during this photo session.

Pictures provided by MClark via e-mail.

BLUE OVAL STONE RING

At first glance, this ring looks like the emerald cut aquamarine but close-ups reveal it is an oval blue stone.  Diana wears this blue oval stone ring with her diamond eternity band.  Not sure what year this picture was taken.  If anyone can provide more information, please let me know.  The newspaper mentions that Diana is covering this gem.

Pictures provided from MClark's scrapbook via e-mail.

EMERALD AND DIAMOND RING

This ring was pointed out to me via e-mail by Boris from The Royal Jewels of World Message Board.  Instead of her engagement ring, Diana wears what looks to be an emerald cabochon and diamond ring.  The two stones are not aligned but are at an angle to one another, very similar to a style of a bypass ring.

Picture scanned from my own personal scrapbook.  I cut this picture out from Royalty but have no clue what issue it was.

The pictures above and below are of the same event.

This black and white photo shows the diamond and emerald ring from a different perspective.  I am a bit confused by the dating on this.  Corbis dates the event as January 1988 but the photo below dates it as November 4, 1985.  Can anyone verify if there were two different events that Diana wore this dress?

These pictures were copied from an Ebay auction from Ebay seller pumpparkphotos.

Diana wore this ring again in 1993 at the event below.  In my Christie's auction catalogue, 'Dresses from the Collection of Diana, Princess of Wales,' there is a huge picture of the photo below (in page 95) and the ring is quite visible with green and diamond stones.  In order to scan a better picture of her hand, I would have to break my catalogue which is something I am unwilling to do.  Sorry.  Perhaps someone out there has a better picture of Diana from both these events.

This picture was copied from an Ebay auction from Ebay seller montessorimommy1.