Prince Charles and Camilla's “Fred” and “Gladys” Nicknames Were Inspired by a Comedy Show. And it turns out that engraved bracelet Diana finds in The Crown was real.
Naturally, being the nosy parkers that we are, we've done a bit of digging... and it seems that royal biographer, Penny Junor, has confirmed that Charles did indeed give Camilla a bracelet with a 'F' and an 'G' inscribed on it.
“So I opened it and there was the bracelet.” She found a gold bracelet from Asprey's, with a lapis pendant engraved with the letters F and G, which were said to stand for Fred and Gladys, Charles and Camilla's pet names for each other, taken from a sketch from The Goon Show.
According to Penny Junor, a British journalist and biographer who covers the royal beat, the bracelet was in fact inscribed with the letters GF. Junor revealed to website HistoryExtra that Charles prepared parting gifts for a number of women he courted ahead of his wedding to Diana, not just Camilla.
For decades, he has worn a gold signet ring on the little finger of his left hand. The ring, which is very close to the King's heart, is engraved with the symbol of the Prince of Wales — a title held by Charles for 64 years, and now used by his son Prince William.
One cause of discord between Diana and Charles in Larraín's film is the prince's decision to gift a stunning pearl necklace to his wife for Christmas. The problem: He gave an identical present to his longtime mistress Camilla Parker Bowles (Emma Darwall-Smith).
In the fall of 2020, Kate debuted a new pendant necklace, which appeared to use precious stones from Princess Diana's famed Saudi suite of sapphires—a gift from the Saudi royal family to the late Princess of Wales on the occasion of her wedding, featuring sapphires and diamonds designed to match her Garrard enagement ...
While it may seem unusual that William opted not to have a wedding ring, it is thought he made the decision for practical reasons. A Palace insider told the Mirror at the time: “He's not one for jewellery. He's never worn any. "He decided he didn't want to wear one now.
Diana was wearing a ring given to her by Dodi Fayed when she died. It was a £3,000 Bulgari yellow gold band with diamonds. The diamond band set in yellow gold was not an engagement ring and was worn on the fourth finger of her right hand, where her butler Paul Burrell advised her to wear it.
The duchess selected a symbolic piece of jewelry from her late mother-in-law's jewelry collection to wear during her and Harry's televised, no-holds-barred interview with Oprah in 2021. It was a diamond bracelet and, reportedly, the same one from which the couple selected stones to create Meghan's engagement ring.
The Duchess of Cambridge is a lucky lady for many reasons. One being that she is now the owner of Princess Diana's most famous jewel. Originally created by British jeweller Garrard, Prince Charles chose this grand sapphire ring for his proposal to Diana in February 1981.
The late princess continued to wear her engagement ring even after she and Prince Charles divorced in 1996. After her death, Prince William inherited the sapphire sparkler, eventually using it to propose to Kate Middleton in 2010.
While the style is often considered a gentleman's ring, it's favored by royal women, too: Princess Diana wore a signet ring given to her by Charles before their wedding, and Meghan Markle and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, both have their own symbolic signet rings.
“Camilla's engagement ring is one of the most extensive and expensive in the Royal Family. Featuring 5 carat emerald cut diamond, surrounded by three diamond baguettes, I'd estimate its value to be around £212,000.
Camilla wasn't considered a suitable match for the Prince of Wales. Prince Charles and Camilla at a polo match in 1975. Even if Charles had wanted to settle down, he would have encountered those with serious doubts about whether Camilla was an appropriate bride for the heir to the throne.
They said: "The third ring she wears is an eternity ring. Eternity rings are often used to mark special milestones in a relationship - in this case, it was a gift from her husband to mark the birth of their first child, Prince George.
The Princess of Wales remains the only royal lady to have worn the Nizam of Hyderabad piece besides Queen Elizabeth. In light of the monarch's death, it seems likely the necklace's new ownership falls to Kate, who may be in line to inherit the precious piece. Cartier originally crafted the necklace in the 1930s.
There are no obligatory codes of behaviour when meeting The Queen or a member of the Royal Family, but many people wish to observe the traditional forms. For men this is a neck bow (from the head only) whilst women do a small curtsy. Other people prefer simply to shake hands in the usual way.
In Spencer, Diana is horrified (though seemingly unsurprised) to discover her husband gave her the same pearl necklace he gave to his then-mistress, Camilla Parker-Bowles. There's no evidence to suggest this gift-giving snafu ever happened (or that she ate them at the dinner table).
She famously wore the emerald ring for a birthday appearance at the Tate Gallery in July 1997. She also often wore no rings at all during that final year of her life. What is this? More than two decades later, the aquamarine ring reappeared on Prince Harry's wife, Meghan Markle.
Most of her possessions were given to her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, and her close family also inherited certain items. However, in a surprising move, Camilla Parker Bowles has also been seen in some of the jewelry items that were once worn by the Princess.
The most famous engagement ring in history
Diana chose her sapphire engagement ring from Garrard in 1981.
She then begins to eat the pearls, crunching them painfully with her teeth and then fleeing the table in agony. This scene is entirely fictional and is meant to symbolize what is happening in Diana's life.
The ring reportedly was found in the wreckage of the Mercedes and given to Diana's sisters when they came to Paris to accompany her body back to England.