Tiara Queen Elizabeth Engagement Ring

Queen elizabeth ii wears her engagement ring last week at windsor castle photo.

Tiara queen elizabeth engagement ring.

Her creative and frugal suitor prince philip used diamonds from a tiara that belonged to his mother princess andrew of greece. Prince philip designed the square cut diamond engagement. The tiara was gifted to queen elizabeth the queen s mother in 1936 who in turn loaned it to her daughter princess. The design of elizabeth s ring was a royal family affair.

The diamonds for queen elizabeth ii s engagement ring came from a tiara belonging to prince philip s mother princess andrew of greece. The tiara was created by london jeweler garrard in 1919 for queen mary. The three carat diamond ring which queen elizabeth wears alongside her welsh gold wedding band was given to her by prince philip and town country unearthed the incredibly sweet history behind the ring s design. As it turns out the stones in the three carat diamond engagement ring prince philip proposed to elizabeth with.

Dominic lipinski wpa pool getty images so when you see the gorgeous engagement ring glittering on elizabeth s left hand remember that it s not just important because it s the engagement ring of a queen it s an engagement ring made of diamonds that came from. We re celebrating the the queen. Her 3 carat round diamond engagement ring. When prince philip was getting ready to propose to queen elizabeth he knew he would need a ring fit for a queen so he turned to his mother princess alice of battenberg later.

The diamond store have valued the ring at 100 000 to 150 000. His uncle earl mountbatten who liked to design jewelry for his wife edwina recommended the london jeweler philip antrobus ltd. The expert valued it at six figures or more so at least 100 000.