'Harry said to him: 'Wouldn't it be fitting if she had mummy's ring? Then one day that ring will be sat on the throne of England,'' Burrell explained, according to Cosmopolitan. Middleton wears Princess Diana's engagement ring. Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge attends the ceremonial welcome ceremony for Singapore's President Tony Tan Keng Yam at the start of a state visit at Horse Guards Parade in central London on October 21, 2014. The truth lies in a conversation between the brothers shortly before William proposed. But the timing of William's proposal wasn't the deciding factor in why Middleton was given the ring. He proposed to Middleton in 2010, and Harry did not get engaged to Meghan Markle until 2017. William was the first of the brothers to be engaged. Harry chose the ring as his item because of his childhood memories, Burrell explained: 'I remember when I held mummy's hand when I was a small boy and that ring always hurt me because it was so big,' said Burrell of Harry's memory. The ring has a 12-carat sapphire surrounded by 14 solitaire diamonds, with a band of white gold.

William first selected their mother's Cartier watch, a piece she was gifted on her 21st birthday.

The reason why pays honor to both Middleton and Diana.Īccording to Paul Burrell, Diana's former butler, Harry and Will were invited to select pieces of their mother's jewelry after she died. Now, the ring sits on Kate Middleton's finger, even though she's married to Harry's brother, William. Prince Harry was the original inheritor of his mother, Princess Diana's engagement ring, according to the Amazon Prime documentary The Diana Story.

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