The place Is Grace Kelly’s Engagement Ring Now?

Simply seven months after Prince Rainier III of Monaco swept Grace Kelly off of her ft throughout a photoshoot on the Palace of Monaco in 1955, a love-story origin made for fairy tales, he traveled throughout the Atlantic Ocean to pop the query at her household dwelling in Philadelphia throughout Christmas. Her engagement ring, a jaw-dropping 10.48-carat emerald-cut diamond set in platinum and flanked by two baguette stones, grew to become probably the most costly and crowd pleasing superstar jewels on the time. Now, almost 70 years later, it’s nonetheless considered probably the most legendary items of jewellery to ever exist. The truth is, the diamond sparkler impressed numerous ensuing engagement rings, together with these of Elizabeth Taylor, Beyoncé, Amal Clooney, and Anne Hathaway, in accordance with Vogue. It’s even thought of to be the priciest superstar engagement ring of all time: It was listed at $4.06 million in 1956 and is valued at $38.8 million immediately.

Though this large stone is extensively thought of to be the Oscar-winning actress’ official engagement ring, she truly obtained one other lesser-known bauble from the prince when he proposed. Following their engagement, the actress launched the general public to her ring throughout a press convention in her household’s dwelling. Nestled on her finger was an eternity band-style bauble composed of diamonds and rubies, which was allegedly a placeholder. The ring, designed by Cartier, was reportedly made utilizing household heirlooms and was supposed to signify the colours of Monaco’s flag (pink and white).

Proper after the couple received engaged, Kelly began filming Excessive Society (the final film she would star in earlier than marrying the prince), which was when her 10.48-carat diamond ring with two tapered baguettes on both aspect first entered the image. Allegedly, when Prince Rainier found that Kelly’s character could be carrying a faux diamond ring, he provided to purchase her an actual one to make use of within the movement image and to put on as a second engagement ring—a proposal that the costume designer and Kelly each accepted. The ring even grew to become considerably of a fundamental character within the film, with one in every of her co-stars joking about its dimension and Kelly herself taking a second to admire the stone whereas appearing out a scene.

Though it isn’t identified how or precisely when the ring ended up on the star’s left ring finger, Pierre Rainero, Cartier’s director of picture, heritage, and elegance, revealed that the stone may need origins in Paris. “We’ve got footage of them peering in on the home windows of the Cartier retailer on the Rue de la Paix [in Paris],” Rainero advised Vogue. “I don’t know in the event that they have been already married or engaged, however maybe they have been selecting this ring.” In line with the jeweler’s archive data, the ring was transferred from Cartier’s retailer in Paris to its retailer in Monaco. 

After having fun with 26 years of marriage and elevating three youngsters (Stephanie, Caroline, and Albert II), Kelly tragically died at 52 in 1982 after struggling a stroke, which led to a deadly automotive crash. After her passing, in accordance with reviews, each of her engagement rings got to the Home of Grimaldi, the reigning household of the Principality of Monaco. They nonetheless stay of their care immediately. 

At one level, although, the royal household loaned Kelly’s sparklers (together with different Cartier jewels in her assortment) to the jewellery firm. As a result of Kelly was a loyal supporter of Cartier, in 2016, after a two-and-a-half-year renovation on Cartier’s Fifth Avenue mansion in New York Metropolis was accomplished, the royal household let the flagship retailer put these iconic jewels on show for a month. Now, there’s a room within the mansion devoted solely to the actress.