From her cursed ring to her inseparable Karen Hallam: 19 years of betrothal of the kings through Letizia’s jeweler

The gardens of the El Pardo Palace opened their doors to receive 300 journalists and photographers, who launched their ‘flashes’ and questions to two very young Letizia and Felipe. The couple of the year entered hand in hand, she in a white tailored suit signed by Giorgio Armani with a price of 1,800 euros, which she wore with her boyfriend’s engagement gift: a white gold wedding ring with diamonds ‘baguette’, the price of which was was around 3,000 euros and was signed by Suárez. The heir to the throne at the time opted for a classic navy blue suit. That November 3, 2006 would be overshadowed by a sentence from Letizia, two words that marked a before and after in her attitude to the media: “Let me speak”, the journalist reproached her friend after she interrupted her little speech.

The announcement of her engagement opened the doors of the wedding that was to take place on May 22, 2004, when the then Prince of Asturias presented her with the engagement ring that would eventually gather dust in the journalist’s jewelry box. Mrs Letizia confessed that she had decided not to wear it anymore because it caused injuries when greeting people, and also decided to leave her engagement ring at the jeweller’s. It was in 2011 when the Queen decided to stop wearing the Suárez jewel because Iñaki Urdangarin was the one who acquired it. Diego Torres, a former partner of the then Duke of Palma, explained that Don Felipe bought the ring from a catalog and asked Urdangarin to collect it from the jewelry store on Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona. Torres encouraged the royal family to pay for it with the Nóos card and when his brother-in-law wanted to return the money, he refused, making the ring complicit in the Nóos case.

Letizia wanted to make it clear that she condemned Iñaki Urdangarin’s behavior, and there was no better public demonstration than to remove that ring from her life. Another gem that he has used a lot are the earrings that her in-laws gave her for her weddingThese are two platinum hoops set with six 2.44 carat pear cut diamonds, two 1.22 carat brilliant cut diamonds and two 4.54 carat brilliant cut diamonds. However, the scandals of Don Juan Carlos have led the Queen to keep them in a corner of the jewel box, and we haven’t seen them for three years.

Although if there is one jewel that monopolizes all of Doña Letizia’s fame, it is her inseparable Karen Hallam’s ring, a gift given to the Queen by Infanta Sofía and Princess Leonor on the occasion of Mother’s Day. It is a gold-plated piece, which is also available in silver. The British jeweler behind this piece revealed to ‘El Español’ that “the most sold is the gold plated one (for 135 euros), which is worn by the Queen. But lately they have asked me quite a bit in solid gold (which sells for 1,000 euros) ”. The designer confessed that many customers come to her brick-and-mortar store asking for “the Queen’s ring,” something that has significantly increased her sales.

Surely, One of the most impressive pieces of jewelry Letizia has worn is the tiara that held her wedding veil his wedding day. A piece recommended by Doña Sofía, which she wore on the day of her wedding to Don Juan Carlos I in Athens. This is the Empire style Prussian tiara, inspired by Hellenic art – the design is reminiscent of the columns of the Parthenon and the laurel leaves with which Olympic champions were crowned – and made of platinum, diamonds and a brilliant-shaped drop in the center of the crown. piece, it was originally a gift from William II of Prussia to his daughter Victoria Luisa for her marriage to Ernesto Augusto III of Hanover.