12 Royal Engagement Rings That Will Make Your Eyes Pop

Princess Anne's engagement ring from her first husband, Mark Phillips, featured a sapphire flanked by a solitaire diamond on either side. The queen's daughter is clearly a fan of the deep blue jewel, as her engagement ring from second husband Timothy Lawrence is also set with a sapphire. This one, however, features a less glitzy-looking, smooth cabochon sapphire set on either side with three small diamonds.

It's said that a ruby engagement ring was selected for Sarah Ferguson to complement her red hair. The Garrard ring features a large oval Burmese ruby surrounded by 10 diamonds and is set in white and yellow gold.

Prince Edward also chose a Garrard ring to propose with and selected a traditional romantic touch in the two heart-shaped diamonds that sit on either side of the central two-carat solitaire diamond.

After the death of Diana, it's said that Harry chose his mother's iconic engagement ring to remember her by, but he gave it to his brother, William, when he decided to propose to long-term girlfriend Kate. It was reported that the ring was slightly too big for Kate, and tiny white gold bumps were added to the inside of the band.

The queen's granddaughter revealed in a 2017 interview that she hadn't owned a ring until her partner, Mike Tindall, proposed, saying: "I never wore rings. My engagement ring was my first. Mike found it — I hinted what I liked, but he did it all himself." The result is a custom-made solitaire diamond on a double band set with diamonds.

When Prince Harry set about choosing the perfect ring for his future wife, he decided to incorporate two very personal elements that are among the closest to his heart. Harry has loved the continent of Africa ever since his first visit at age 13 and has a special affiliation with Botswana, which he has visited many times, including twice with Meghan. On the prince's last visit there, he sourced the central diamond for his bride's ring, and he had a diamond added on either side that were from his mother Diana's personal collection.

The stone in Princess Eugenie's ring is the most unusual of the royal brides' — most of us were left thinking "padpa-what?" when it was revealed that the jewel is a peachy pink padparadscha sapphire. The Sri Lankan jewel is classed as a corundum, which most commonly means a red ruby or a blue sapphire, so the stone in Eugenie's ring is both incredibly rare and probably one of the most expensive of the royal brides'. Padparadscha is actually Sinhalese for the aquatic pink/orange lotus blossom, and the princess's jewel is set in 12 diamonds on a yellow gold band.