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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Princess Kate's Rarely-Seen $100,000 Ruby and Diamond Earrings Have a "Personal" Secret Meaning

Kate Middleton wearing a black coat and hat and poppy pins.

Princess Kate often turns to sapphires, diamonds and pearls when it comes to jewelry, but on Tuesday, November 11, the Princess of Wales brought out a pair of ruby earrings she's only worn twice before while attending an Armistice Day event. The royal, who made her first solo appearance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, England, wore a black Catherine Walker coat dress and a new Jane Taylor hat, pairing the outfit with sparkling ruby and diamond drop earrings.

"The classic drop design features a vivid ruby at the center, encircled by a delicate halo of diamonds, with a single diamond at the top adding to their timeless elegance," jewelry expert Maxwell Stone of Steven Stone Jewelers tells Marie Claire.

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