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On This Day

Posted by Karen on February 24, 2025, 5:01 am

1981 - Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of The Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Frances Spencer. We were all so delighted and so hopeful. I was 22 years old and immediately made a hair appointment to have a Diana cut.

Re: On This Day

Posted by Arlene on February 24, 2025, 9:49 am, in reply to "On This Day"

I don't remember how old I was, and I don't want to do the math (okay, I was 30) and I read everything I could get my hands on regarding her.

Re: On This Day

Posted by Hollie24 on February 24, 2025, 9:53 am, in reply to "On This Day"

I was 18 and I bought a cheap replica of her engagement ring (all the stores seemed to have gotten them overnight). Yes, even suburban high school kids in the US were excited about this engagement.

Re: On This Day

Posted by Martha on February 24, 2025, 11:20 am, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

My engagement ring happens to be an oval sapphire surrounded by a halo of round-cut diamonds, but it's a few carats smaller than the one Diana chose.

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Re: On This Day

Posted by Arlene on February 24, 2025, 1:29 pm, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

My engagement ring was a ruby surrounded by more (but smaller) diamonds, much like Diana's but a ruby like Fergie's. My husband picked it out entirely by himself, not knowing that I had always wanted a ruby engagement ring. I think the oval stone setting surrounded by diamonds was rather a "thing" in the 1980s and early 1990s, no doubt influenced by Diana's ring.

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