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Kate has been spotted more than once wearing her late mother-in-law’s jewellery.
The first piece belonging to Diana that she received was her engagement ring, according to the Good Housekeeping.
Kate has also been pictured wearing the Lover’s Knot Tiara, which was given to Diana by the Queen as a wedding present.
The splendid diamonds and pearls tiara was made in 1914.
After her wedding with Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge also inherited a pair of Diana’s sapphire earrings.
Kate gave them a new life and updated the jewels to a drop style.
The Duchess has also wore a pearl bracelet, made by Nigel Milne in 1988 for Diana at a reception in Berlin.
The Princess of Wales requested in her will for her £21 million estate to be split upon her death between her children, Prince William and Prince Harry, and her 17 godchildren.
But, in a separate “letter of wishes”, she demanded that her two sons had the exclusive rights on her jewellery.
In the letter, Princess Diana wrote: “I would like you to divide my personal chattels at your discretion between my sons and godchildren, the division being three quarters to my sons and one quarter to my godchildren.
“But I would like you to allocate all my jewellery to the share to be held by my sons, so that their wives may, in due course, have it or use it.
“I leave the exact division of the jewellery to your discretion.”
This loose division of her jewellery didn’t create any stir between the brothers, according to rumours that emerged in the 2010s.
Harry would have originally picked Diana’s sapphire ring, which was given by Prince Charles to the Princess of Wales as an engagement ring.
But he gave up to it when he realised how in love William was with Kate, trading it for his mother’s Cartier watch.
William carried the ring around for three weeks while he was on holiday with Kate in Mount Kenya in 2010 before proposing.
After the announcement of the engagement, the Duke of Cambridge said: “It’s my mother’s engagement ring, and it’s very special to me, as Kate is very special to me now as well.
“It was only right the two were put together.
“It was my way of making sure mother didn’t miss out on today and the excitement.”
Kate could inherit from Diana also a less material possession: the title of Princess of Wales.
Upon the death of the Queen, Prince Charles will become King, making Prince William the next Prince of Wales and her wife Kate the Princess.
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