Queen Elizabeth II’s Engagement Ring: A Symbol of Love and History

The Queen of England has an impressive collection of jewels, but there is one piece that holds a special place in her heart.

Her three-carat round diamond engagement ring is not only stunning, but it also has a beautiful story behind it.

The ring features a three-carat center stone flanked by four smaller diamonds on each shoulder.

These diamonds were originally part of a tiara owned by Prince Philip's mother, Princess Alissa Battenberg.

In 1946, knowing that her son was planning to propose, Philip's mother gifted him the tiara she received on her wedding day.

She wanted it to be dismantled and used to create a ring fit for a queen.

Prince Philip worked with London jeweler Philip Antrobus Limited to design the ring himself.

He even went one step further and selected additional stones from the tiara to create a wide diamond bracelet for the queen, which he gave to her as a wedding gift.

What makes this story even more fascinating is that the diamonds themselves date back to the very end of the Romanov dynasty.

Princess Alissa Battenberg had been given the tiara on her wedding day by Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra of Russia, the last reigning couple of the Russian Empire.

Now, pieces of it lie on the ring finger of the British monarch.

Both the engagement ring and the bracelet are symbols of love.

The Queen and Prince Philip have enjoyed almost 71 years of marriage since their wedding day on November 20, 1947.

It seems that diamonds do last forever and may help marriages last forever too.

Interestingly, the Queen and her beloved husband Prince Philip are also third cousins through Queen Victoria.

Queen Elizabeth II's great-great-grandmother is Queen Victoria, the monarch known for ruling an empire and having nine children.

Queen Victoria is the mother of Edward VII, the grandmother of George V, and great-great-grandmother of George VI.

Victoria is also an ancestor of Prince Philip, who gave up his title of the Prince of Greece in order to marry his love Elizabeth.

Princess Alice, Victoria and Prince Albert's second eldest daughter, married Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and by Rhine in 1862.

In turn, Alice's eldest daughter Victoria married her father's first cousin, Prince Louis of Battenberg, in 1884.

Lord Battenberg was a German prince who entered the British Royal Navy and relinquished his German titles at the request of King George V. His daughter, Princess Alice of Battenberg, was Prince Philip's English mother.

She was also the sister of Lord Louis Mountbatten.

Prince Philip's father was the exiled Prince Andrew of Greece, the son of a Danish prince asked to become King George I of the Hellenes in 1863.