Meghan Markle’s new bold piece of jewellery could be a hidden plea to the royals, according to an expert.
During her time at the Invictus Games in Canada, earlier this week with Prince Harry, the Duchess of Sussex has been sporting a brand new signet ring on her pinky finger on her right hand.
And according to eagle-eyed royal watchers, the new piece of jewellery appears to be engraved with Harry and Meghan’s joint royal cypher that they unveiled when they married back in 2018.
The monogram is made up of the letters ‘H’ and ‘M’ in cursive writing. The logo is topped with a coronet with two cross pattées, four fleurs-de-lys and two strawberry leaves.
Royal watchers noticed Meghan wearing a new signet ring (
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It appears the ring features Harry and Meghan’s royal cypher (
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The emblem was used on their previous Sussex Royal website and social media accounts although it appears it was ditched from their stationery in favour of the Archewell logo several years ago.
And royal expert and biographer Ingrid Seward says the new piece of jewellery is certainly sending a statement – especially to the Royal Family.
She told the Mirror: “Traditionally signet rings have a larger face than the one Meghan is wearing, but there is no reason why she can’t use her royal cypher on an article of jewellery. I don’t think it has any particular significance apart from the snob value of reminding people that she has a royal cypher.
“I think Meghan wants to be accepted by the firm for the sake of the children. The royal family must know she will never go away so the less fuss they make about what she does the less attention is focussed on her.”
Meghan isn’t the only royal to wear a pinky finger signet ring. King Charles also wears one with the Prince of Wales feathers and he gifted one to Princess Diana the night before their wedding in 1981.
It is not the first time that Meghan’s jewellery has been the subject of much debate. Just weeks ago many believed that her engagement ring had gone through yet another tweak.
Meghan left the Games earlier this week (
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Meghan was first given the ring, which was made with two diamonds from Princess Diana’s collection and one from Botswana, when she and Harry became engaged in 2017.
It underwent a major redesign two years later when the plain gold band was swapped for a thinner micropave style.
In 2023, she was spotted without the ring on several occasions and it was reported this was due to the delicate piece being fixed due to a loose stone.
And now fans believe the ring might have had another change – and it’s all down to the shape of the central diamond.
In one moment of the trailer for her new Netflix show With Love, Meghan, the duchess can be seen reaching for some flowers with her full ring on show.
And many believe that the main diamond appears to now be a square cut – rather than the round cut of the original.
Taking to X, one asked: “Is that a new engagement ring?” While another said: “Looks like she’s changed the centre stone from a round diamond to the more expensive square cut.”
Meghan then made a string of appearances in 2023, including at the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, where she was seen not wearing the ring.
However, speaking to Page Six at the time, a source claimed the ring was “being fixed”, hence the fact that it is missing from her ring finger. In recent months she has been seen wearing it again.
