Meghan Markle is seen wearing her £140,000 engagement ring for the first time in 9 months - after having it 'serviced because a setting came loose'

  • Meghan Markle, 42, was first spotted out in public without her sparkler in May 
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Meghan Markle made a dazzling appearance in the Whistler ski resort in British Colombia yesterday, thanks to the reappearance of her £140,000 engagement ring.

The Duchess has not been seen publicly wearing the glittering band, comprising one huge Botswana diamond and two from Princess Diana’s collection since May 2023.

Her ring was consipcously absent at recent events, such as the premiere of Bob Marley biopic One Love in Kingston, Jamaica last month, and her attendance at the Variety’s Power of Women gala in November 2023.

According to People magazine the reason behind the ring’s long hiatus is that a setting came loose and it needed to be serviced.

Prince Harry proposed to Meghan in November 2017, with the ring comprising of a solid yellow gold band set with three diamonds, but Meghan has made several tweaks to the design since.

meghan markle is seen wearing her £140,000 engagement ring for the first time in 9 months - after having it 'serviced because a setting came loose'

Meghan Markle made a dazzling appearance in the Whistler ski resort in British Colombia yesterday, thanks to the reappearance of her £140,000 engagement ring

meghan markle is seen wearing her £140,000 engagement ring for the first time in 9 months - after having it 'serviced because a setting came loose'

The Duchess has not been seen publicly wearing the glittering band, comprising one huge Botswana diamond and two from Princess Diana ‘s collection since May 2023, but chose her visit to Whistler to reintroduce it

meghan markle is seen wearing her £140,000 engagement ring for the first time in 9 months - after having it 'serviced because a setting came loose'

Pictured, Meghan’s hands without the engagement ring while at the Invictus Games in September 2013

At the time of their engagement, the Duke spoke about creating Meghan’s ring with the help of jewellers Cleave and Company.

The custom design featured one diamond originally from Botswana and two smaller stones from Princess Diana’s collection.

At the time, he said: ‘The ring is obviously yellow gold because that’s [Meghan’s] favourite and the main stone itself I sourced from Botswana and the little diamonds either side are from my mother’s jewellery collection, to make sure that she’s with us on this crazy journey together.’

Meghan called it ‘incredible’, explaining: ‘Everything about Harry’s thoughtfulness and the inclusion of [Princess Diana’s stones] and obviously not being able to meet his mom, it’s so important to me to know that she’s a part of this with us.’

‘It’s incredibly special to be able to have this [ring], which sort of links where you come form and Botswana, which is important to us. It’s perfect.’

However the Duchess chose not to wear her engagement ring for a number of public engagements back in 2019 while pregnant with her son Archie.

When she appeared at Trooping the Colour that year, it emerged the Duchess had altered the custom made engagement ring that Prince Harry designed for her.

At Trooping the Colour and at her Windsor Castle photo call with Prince Harry and newborn son Archie, the Duchess wore her three engagement diamonds set on a thin micro-pavé band.

meghan markle is seen wearing her £140,000 engagement ring for the first time in 9 months - after having it 'serviced because a setting came loose'

At the time of their engagement (pictured), the Duke spoke about creating Meghan’s ring with the help of jewellers Cleave and Company

meghan markle is seen wearing her £140,000 engagement ring for the first time in 9 months - after having it 'serviced because a setting came loose'

Prince Harry proposed to Meghan in November 2017 with a glittering ring comprising of a solid yellow gold band set with three diamonds

meghan markle is seen wearing her £140,000 engagement ring for the first time in 9 months - after having it 'serviced because a setting came loose'

This was then changed to include a micro-pave band in 2019

Jewellery expert Arabel Lebrusan confirmed the ring had changed, and suggested it had been tweaked to make the original diamonds look bigger.

Arabel, owner the ethical jewellery brand Arabel Lebrusan, called the thinner band a popular trend, revealing: ‘Many celebrities do this, as the central stone looks bigger in comparison getting the wow factor.’

The jewellery expert pointed out the difference in the band, saying: ‘She now has little diamonds set down the sides of her engagement ring and the band also seems thinner than before.’

She also revealed that the glittering band only emphasised the Meghan’s diamonds, and added: ‘The diamond setting on the band looks like micro-set, this means there is very little metal in between the stones maximising the sparkle of the tiny diamonds.’

Arabel continued that she thought the new style suited the Duchess’ style ‘perfectly’, saying: ‘It does suit her style perfectly, and it fits her dainty fingers as well.’

Leora Moreno, owner of jewellery brand Leo With Love, said at the time the changes could have been changed to match Meghan’s eternity ring.

meghan markle is seen wearing her £140,000 engagement ring for the first time in 9 months - after having it 'serviced because a setting came loose'

The Duchess of Sussex speaks on stage at the Friends @ Home Event at the Station Airport during day three of the Invictus Games

She explained: ‘It looks like the eternity ring has a channel pavé setting. The engagement ring looks to have an even smaller pavé setting, but perfectly matches the eternity band.’

The jeweller went on to explain the change may have been complex, saying that it required ‘fine skill and craftsmanship to change the band to something more delicate like a pavé setting.’

She added that that the modern style would suit Meghan for ‘years to come’ and was ‘the perfect combination of eye-catching and dainty’.

In 2022’s Finding Freedom, Omid Scobie claimed it was the Duke who altered Meghan’s ring.

In the biography, jeweller-to-the-stars Lorraine Schwartz said: “‘He’s the loveliest person ever. So romantic, so thoughtful.'”

The authors continued: ‘(So much so that Harry also thought to have Lorraine resize and reset Meghan’s engagement ring with a new diamond band.)’

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