Princess Diana had an unrivaled jewelry box during her lifetime, so it's no surprise that many of her famous pieces of jewelry have been passed on to her daughters-in-law.
After the princess' death, most of her personal jewelry was inherited by her two sons Princes William and Harry, with pieces loaned to her during her lifetime being returned to Queen Elizabeth II, where they are most likely to have been inherited by King Charles in 2022.
Princess Diana's Asprey ring – US$98,000
Princess Diana's famous blue ring. The huge emerald-cut aquamarine is set on a 24k yellow gold band and was fashioned by Asprey in 1996 from a stone gifted to Diana by her friend Lucia Flecha de Lima, according to British media.
Following Diana's death in August 1997, the sapphire ring was inherited by her son Prince Harry, who eventually offered it to his older brother Prince William before he proposed to Kate Middleton with it in 2010.
Princess Diana's Garrard 'Swan Lake' Suite – US$12.1 million. The Swan Lake necklace was named after Princess Diana, who wore it to the ballet at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1997 shortly before her tragic death, and it became the most valuable piece in her extensive jewellery collection.
After Diana's tragic death at the age of 36 in a 1997 Paris car crash, her jewelry was inherited by her two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. The glittering pieces collected by Diana throughout her married life held enormous sentimental value to both the princess and the princes.
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).
What is this? More than two decades later, the aquamarine ring reappeared on Prince Harry's wife, Meghan Markle.
Although the former royal butler isn't certain about what happened next, he says the two of them must have made a deal. “Harry obviously gave up his treasure to his brother, so that it could be on the ring finger of his wife who would one day be queen,” Burrell reveals.
Perhaps the most famous piece of jewelry Kate inherited from Princess Diana is this sapphire engagement ring. The ring was created by British jeweler Garrard and chosen by Prince Charles for his proposal to Diana in 1981.
The sapphire cluster was one of Diana's personally-owned pieces of jewelry, so it was almost certainly inherited by her sons after her death in 1997.
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.
Lilibet could inherit one day 410,000 pounds worth of jewellery which would include Meghan Markle's 150,000 pounds Cartier bracelet that she wore on her wedding day to Prince Harry. The bracelet has 104 brilliant cut diamonds and 52 baguette cut diamonds.
Aww! Fear not, though: Harry got to pay tribute to his late mother with his engagement, too. Harry designed Meghan's ring himself, and the two diamonds on either side of the larger one came from Diana's personal collection.
Kate Middleton and Princess Diana Have This Surprising Physical Attribute in Common. The Princess of Wales never had to get her heirloom sapphire engagement ring resized because she and her late mother-in-law have the exact same ring size. Lilly is the assistant editor at Brides.
The piece is valued at $90,000, and Diana previously paired it with a matching aquamarine and pearl bracelet.
So what will Prince William inherit from Queen Elizabeth? After Queen Elizabeth's death, Prince William inherited the Duchy of Cornwall, a private estate worth around $1.2 billion.
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.
The late Princess of Wales chose her own sapphire
Princess Diana's sapphire engagement ring is arguably one of the most iconic royal rings in history – but it wasn't an expected choice.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, wears dazzling aquamarine ring owned by Princess Diana.
Camilla, who wed Charles, 74, in 2005, also paid homage to her late mother-in-law on Wednesday by wearing Her Majesty's the City of London Fringe Necklace. The diamond neckpiece was originally gifted to Elizabeth on her wedding to Prince Philipp in 1947.
She said: "In Camilla's defence, it would seem that she didn't in fact actually wear white to the wedding. In Diana's own words to Andrew Morton back in 1991: 'So walking down the aisle, I spotted Camilla, pale grey, veiled pillbox hat'.
Diana had a penchant for aquamarines, which she had set in rings, bracelets, and earrings—like the fabulous diamond drop earrings she paired with a Catherine Walker gown and the Spencer tiara here for a banquet in Munich in 1987.
Sapphires and other precious gems have been the preferred choice of the royal family for centuries. So, it's no surprise that Princess Diana chose the blue sparkler for herself.
According to The Sun, Meghan had originally wanted to wear the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik tiara, also known as the Russian emerald headdress—but was told by the Queen that it would not be appropriate for her to wear that particular crown.