Famous engagement rings - from Lady Diana to Jennifer Lopez

An engagement ring is something every woman looks forward to. And men spend thousands and millions on choosing from the best and perfect engagement rings when they plan to propose marriage to their women. Although there are many types of engagement rings that one can buy there is really nothing that beat the magic of a diamond engagement ring. A diamond ring for engagement can be found at any jeweler and a ring with a large, single piece of diamond is bound to make your woman say yes to your proposal.

Engagement diamond rings have always been popular and thanks to the paparazzi and the journalists they have now acquired a celebrity status. There are enough news items that tell us about the engagement rings that our celebrities received from their men. Celebrities love to flash these engagement rings and gush and talk about them and then we mere mortals come to know about these rings and envy these celebrities.

Perhaps the most famous among engagement rings is the one Lady Diana received from Prince Charles. Prince Charles actually proposed without a ring because he was waiting for the perfect ring for her. He finally settled on a ring that cost him $65,000 at that time. It is said that this engagement ring has been copied the most in the history of engagement rings.

Grace Kelly received two engagement rings from Prince Ranier III of Monaco. The first one was good enough but the one that really took everyone’s breath away was the ring with a 12 carat diamond cut in the way of an emerald. At that time it had cost $600,000 and the price tag would surpass a cool 2 million today.

Jacqueline Kennedy received an engagement ring worth mentioning because if had cost $750,000 at that time. Her engagement ring had a 2.84 carat diamond that was mounted next to a similar sized emerald and the whole ensemble was further beautified with tapering baguettes. A total of 0.66 carat of rough diamonds and 1.46 carats of marquise diamonds were used to reset the ring.

Another famous engagement ring was the one Tom Cruise gave to Katie Holmes. Priced at $275,000 this was a ring with a 5 carat oval diamond set in rose gold and platinum. Other engagement rings worth mentioning are the 2 million pink diamond engagement ring received by Jennifer Lopez from Ben Affleck and 3.5 carat diamond engagement ring given to Priscilla Presley by none other than Elvis Presley.

Men will continue to spend on engagement rings and they will continue to choose from the best diamond engagement rings. If you want to impress your woman when you propose, try and don’t look for any other option.



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