Princess Margaret Engagement Ring Photo

A princess whose middle name is rose obviously needs a gorgeous brooch with a rose motif.

Princess margaret engagement ring photo. Engagement ring inspiration is certainly not short on social media. Inspired by her middle name rose princess margarets eye catching engagement ring has romantic rubies surrounded by smaller classic diamonds. After a failed engagement to group captain peter townsend princess margaret accepted a ring from photographer antony armstrong jones. This was a sweet tribute to margarets middle name rose.

Now it is valued at more than 300000 but is considered priceless because of its legacy as the engagement ring worn by both princess diana and the duchess of cambridge. Philips and cost around 250 in 1960. The engagement ring features a ruby surrounded by diamonds. The real princess margaret and antony armstrong jones in the grounds of royal lodge on the day they officially announced their engagement february 27 1960 photo by hulton archivegetty images according to snowdons biographer anne de courcy the ring came from the esteemed english jeweler s.

Princess margarets engagement ring was a ruby and diamond rose shaped piece embed from getty images princess margaret and her fiance photographer antony armstrong jones pictured at royal lodge windsor where the newly engaged couple spent the weekend. Margarets was made in 1938 by cartier. Its most famous outing was at the 1953 coronation of her sister queen elizabeth ii. Princess margaret wikipedia creative commons.

It was designed by her future husband anthony armstrong jones to look like a rose bud. And cartier of course famously designed princess graces 10 carat emerald cut engagement ring the one alfred hitchcock a jewelry lover urged her to wear onscreen in high society and a. Princess margarets engagement ring from antony armstrong jones was a stunning red ruby ring designed to look like a rose.