With wedding season upon us, luxury U.K. jewelry retailer Chisholm Hunter looked into what some of the most popular engagement rings in the world are. Perhaps not surprisingly, they are — or in some cases, were — on the fingers of some of the most famous people in the world.
And sorry, guys: “Two months’ salary” ain’t cutting it for any of these baubles.
Using Google search data, the company’s experts dubbed Kate Middleton‘s 12-carat oval sapphire ring as the “most iconic,” drawing some 1,500 searches a month. In fact, more than 32,000 articles from all over the globe have appeared about the sparkler since Prince William put a ring on it.
While it wasn’t the most-searched-for ring, its historical significance and the media coverage surrounding it put it over the top on the ranking.
Meghan Markle‘s ring (#2) sees some 1,600 Google searches a month. Her ring, designed by Prince Harry, incorporates two diamonds that belonged to his mother, the late Princess Diana, bracketing a three-carat cushion-cut Botswana diamond, according to the company.
Third place went to influencer and TV personality Molly-Mae Hague. She’shuge in the U.K., where the study is based, but not so much in other parts of the world. That’s why her rings gets 3,600 Google searches a month in the U.K., but otherwise received scant coverage in the press.
Fourth place went to Ariana Grande‘s ring from Dalton Gomez. It gets 1,900 searches a month, but more than 6,300 articles worldwide have featured it.
Other famous betrothment baubles include Hailey Bieber‘s from husband Justin Bieber (#7); Megan Fox‘s ring from Machine Gun Kelly (#8); Blake Lively‘s ring from Ryan Reynolds (#9); and Victoria Beckham‘s ring from husband David Beckham (#10).
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