This is officially the most popular royal engagement ring

(Image credit: 2018 Samir Hussein)
Penny Goldstone
By Penny Goldstone
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Last year the people vote for their favourite royal wedding dress of all time, and the results were pretty surprising, given that neither Princess Diana's or Kate Middleton's were the top choice.

Now new research by Design Bundles has shed light on the most popular royal engagement rings, and you'll never guess whose is the most popular.

It looked at the most Googled royal rings every month, include Kate Middleton's, Princess Beatrice's and the Queen's, as well as diamonds from European royals, including Grace Kelly.

The most popular design garnered an impressive 20,000 searches a month, over double the amount of searches for the second most popular one.

And it belongs to *drumroll please*: the Duchess of Sussex. To be honest, it's easy to see why Meghan Markle's engagement ring has caused such a frenzy.

Designed by Prince Harry himself with a central diamond from Botswana (where the couple reportedly got engaged) and flanked by two diamonds from Princess Diana’s collection, it's nothing short of beautiful. It was originally set on a yellow gold band, which was later upgraded to an eternity diamond band.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in 2018. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

In second place, with 8,200 monthly searches, is Kate Middleton's ring, which of course belonged to Princess Diana before her. It features an oval sapphire surrounded by diamonds, and caused controversy at the time as Diana chose it from a catalogue, rather than the extensive royal collection.

Grace Kelly's legendary Cartier ring came in third, and Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth's rings also proved popular in fourth and fifth place.

The engagement rings of Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice, The Queen Mother, Camilla Parker Bowles and Princess Anne finished off the top 10 most Googled royal engagement rings.

Penny Goldstone
Penny Goldstone

Penny Goldstone is the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire, covering everything from catwalk trends to royal fashion and the latest high street and Instagram must-haves.

Penny grew up in France and studied languages and law at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris before moving to the UK for her MA in multimedia journalism at Bournemouth University. She moved to the UK permanently and has never looked back (though she does go back regularly to stock up on cheese and wine).

Although she's always loved fashion - she used to create scrapbooks of her favourite trends and looks, including Sienna Miller and Kate Moss' boho phase - her first job was at MoneySavingExpert.com, sourcing the best deals for everything from restaurants to designer sales.

However she quit after two years to follow her true passion, fashion journalism, and after many years of internships and freelance stints at magazines including Red, Cosmopolitan, Stylist and Good Housekeeping, landed her dream job as the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire UK.

Her favourite part of the job is discovering new brands and meeting designers, and travelling the world to attend events and fashion shows. Seeing her first Chanel runway IRL at Paris Fashion Week was a true pinch-me moment.

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