As the Princess of Wales’ return to work date looms—more on that in a moment—in the midst of the 453,000 (approximately) errors the public has found in Kate’s Photoshopped Mother’s Day photo, there’s one detail that Marie Claire noticed from the start about the picture, and that the public is now fixated on: Kate not wearing her engagement ring or her wedding band in the photo.
It’s difficult to miss Kate’s sparkler in particular—her sapphire and diamond engagement ring has become one of the most iconic pieces of jewelry in the past 50 years, as it was previously worn by her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, when she was married to King Charles. Diana wore the ring from the time of her engagement in 1981 until after her divorce from Charles in 1996, and William gave Kate his mother’s ring when he proposed in 2010 to keep Diana close, even still today.
