- - All About Meghan Markle's Engagement Ring (and the Special Detail That Honors the Late Princess Diana)

Nicole Briese, Emily BlackwoodDecember 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the 2024 ESPY Awards on July 11, 2024 in Hollywood, California ; Meghan Markle shows off her engagement ring on November 27, 2017 in west London, England. -

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got engaged in November 2017

The Duke of Sussex designed the three-stone engagement ring, using two stones from his late mother's jewelry collection

Meghan's ring also features a diamond from Botswana, a country with special meaning to the couple

Meghan Markle's engagement ring isn't just beautiful — it's an homage to the women in Prince Harry's life.

The most-searched celebrity engagement ring in the world features three stones: a large cushion-cut center diamond sourced from Botswana — where Meghan and Harry spent time together early on in their relationship — and two side stones from the late Princess Diana's jewelry collection. Harry designed the custom piece through the late Queen Elizabeth's regular jeweler, Cleave & Company.

"It's beautiful, and he designed it, it's incredible," the Duchess of Sussex told PEOPLE in November 2017. The Duke of Sussex noted that he chose a yellow gold band because that was Meghan's "favorite."

"The little diamonds [on] either side are from my mother's jewelry collection to make sure that she's with us on this – on this crazy journey together," Prince Harry added.

Since getting engaged, Meghan has made one major change to her beloved bling: she replaced the ring's original gold band with a thin micro-pavé band in 2019. When promoting her Netflix show With Love, Meghan, which dropped a holiday special on Dec. 4, fans speculated that she had the ring again after spotting what looked like a different center stone, per Glamour.

Here's everything to know about Meghan Markle's engagement ring, from its backstory to its finer details.

Meghan Markle first debuted her engagement ring at Kensington Palace

Karwai Tang/WireImage Announcement Of Prince Harry's Engagement To Meghan Markle

The public got their first look at the ring on Nov. 27, 2017, when Harry and Meghan formally announced their engagement at Kensington Palace and posed for photos.

Prince Harry had proposed to Meghan on the palace grounds just a few weeks prior. He revealed in the pair's 2022 Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan, that he set up "15 electric candles" and roses to pop the question.

"He's down on one knee and I was like, 'Yes!' We were so joyful and excited," Meghan added. "I was like, 'Ah, we're doing this!' "

Prince Harry designed the ring himself

Rather than choosing one of the royal family's rings to bestow upon his bride, Prince Harry designed the bespoke three-stone piece with the help of Cleave & Company, the late Queen Elizabeth's regular jeweler.

According to the 2020 biography Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan, per the Daily Mail, Harry reportedly began shopping for an engagement ring as early as May 2017. Authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand said that he "did a little secret diamond scouting" for a conflict-free stone while visiting Botswana in May 2017 as a patron of Rhino Conservation Botswana.

Meghan Markle's engagement ring features three diamonds

Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Meghan Markle in 2018.

Meghan's engagement ring boasts three stones, a style known as a trilogy ring. Three-stone rings typically represent a couple's past, present and future, with the largest stone symbolizing the present and the importance of being in the moment together.

The center stone has a special meaning

The cushion-cut center diamond of Meghan's engagement ring is estimated to be roughly three carats and was sourced from Botswana — a country that is very important to Prince Harry and where the couple took their first vacation together.

"It was I think about three, maybe four weeks [after our first date] that I managed to persuade her to come and join me in Botswana," Prince Harry revealed during their engagement interview in 2017. "And we camped out with each other under the stars … she came and joined me for five days out there, which was absolutely fantastic."

The side stones are from Princess Diana's personal jewelry collection

Karwai Tang/WireImage Meghan Markle's engagement ring in 2018.

Prince Harry followed in his big brother's footsteps by giving his bride-to-be a ring that had a link to his late mother, Princess Diana. While Kate Middleton received Diana's actual engagement ring, Meghan's features two round diamonds from the late royal's personal jewelry collection.

"It's so important to me to know that she's a part of this with us," Meghan said of Harry's gesture in an interview with PEOPLE. "It's incredibly special to be able to have this, which sort of links where [Harry comes] from and Botswana, which is important to us, it's perfect."

The Buckingham Palace shop once sold a replica of Meghan Markle's engagement ring

The Buckingham Palace shop put a replica of the stunning piece up for grabs in September 2018. Dubbed the "Buckingham Palace Statement Ring," it featured three faux stones in the same arrangement as Meghan's. Rather than a yellow gold band, however, it had an adjustable silver one.

While it's no longer available to purchase, shoppers got it for a steal: It was priced at just under $40.

Meghan Markle's wedding band was a gift from Queen Elizabeth

JOHN SIBLEY/AFP/Getty Images Meghan Markle on her wedding day in May 2018.

On Meghan and Prince Harry's wedding day on May 19, 2018, Harry presented his bride with a pure Welsh gold wedding band from Cleave & Company. The piece was a gift from Queen Elizabeth herself and has deep roots for the royals: Welsh gold has been used for royal wedding bands as early as 1923, when the Queen Mother chose the material for her own wedding ring.

Meghan Markle debuted a new eternity ring at Trooping the Colour in 2019

Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Meghan Markle's engagement ring in 2019.

In 2019, Meghan's ring collection expanded even further with the addition of a gorgeous eternity ring that PEOPLE confirmed was gifted to her by Prince Harry for the couple's one-year anniversary.

Meghan Markle's engagement ring underwent a secret upgrade

Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Meghan Markle's engagement ring in 2022.

Eagle-eyed onlookers noticed that Meghan's yellow gold engagement ring band, which Harry said he had chosen because it was his bride's favorite, had been replaced with a thin micro-pavé band at 2019's Trooping the Colour ceremony.

Meghan Markle removes the ring on occasion for a more understated look

A source confirmed to PEOPLE in September 2019 that Meghan had left her engagement ring and her eternity ring behind for her and Harry's royal tour of South Africa in order to be more low-key during meet and greets. Instead, she opted to wear only her Welsh gold wedding ring and a Jennifer Meyer turquoise marquise ring.

Meghan Markle's engagement ring is the most-searched celebrity engagement ring in the world

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Meghan Markle in 2024.

According to a 2024 study by U.K. jeweler Ramsden’s Jewellery, Meghan's diamond sparkler is the most-searched celebrity engagement ring in the world. The ring averaged 51,283 global searches a month at the time.

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