Meghan Markle adds more diamonds to engagement ring from Prince Harry

Meghan Markle has made significant changes to her beloved engagement ring, making it even more glitzy, pictures suggest.

Prince Harry, 34, proposed to Meghan, 37, in November 2017 with a glittering ring comprising of a solid yellow gold band set with three diamonds.

However, according to Town and Country magazine, on recent outings the Duchess has worn a different band.

According to jewellery expert Arabel Lebrusan, the ring has been altered to more of an American style.

At Trooping the Colour and at her Windsor Castle photo call with Prince Harry and newborn son Archie, the Duchess has worn her three engagement diamonds set on a thin micro-pavé band.

She has also been spotted with a third diamond band, which royal watchers speculated could have been an anniversary gift or a ‘push present’, given to the royal by her husband after Archie’s birth.

Leora Moreno, owner of jewellery brand Leo With Love, suggested the changes could have been made to match Meghan’s new eternity ring.

She explained: ‘It looks like the eternity ring has a channel pave setting. The engagement ring looks to have an even smaller pave setting, but perfectly matches the eternity band.’

The jeweller went on to add that the change may have been complex, saying that it required ‘fine skill and craftsmanship to change the band to something more delicate like a pave setting.’

However, it is not known when the apparent alterations were made, as the Duchess chose not to wear her engagement ring during her last few public engagements while pregnant.

It was widely speculated this may have been due to her fingers swelling, which is very common in late stages of pregnancy.

At the time of their engagement, Prince Harry spoke about his choice of ring.

He said: ‘The ring is obviously yellow gold because that’s [Meghan’s] favourite, and the main stone itself, I sourced from Botswana and the little diamonds either side are from my mother’s jewellery collection, to make sure that she’s with us on this crazy journey together.’

Meghan called it ‘incredible’, explaining: ‘Everything about Harry’s thoughtfulness and the inclusion of [Princess Diana’s stones] and obviously not being able to meet his mum, it’s so important to me to know that she’s a part of this with us.’