Sofia hellqvist engagement ring
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Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist's engagement photos echo Prince William and Kate's
New portraits of betrothed couple Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and his fiancée Sofia Hellqvist have been released bygd the royal family.The beautiful images show the prince, 35, and raven-haired beauty Sofia, 29, pictured three months after their engagement was announced.Royal fans were quick to draw comparisons between the Swedish couple and Britain's own Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, née Kate Middleton, when they shared their wedding news in 2010.
Sofia Hellqvist and Prince Carl Philip announced their engagement in June
In the new official snaps, Carl Philip and Sofia beam out at the camera as they pose in a tender embrace. The former model looks particularly radiant, wearing an elegant royal blue wraparound dress – not dissimilar to the famous sapphire silk omslag gown Kate wore at her engagement to William.In another solo portrait, Sofia's dark brunette l
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Swedish Princess Bride Sofia Hellqvist's (Shockingly Modest) Engagement Ring: It's Less Than One Carat!
It’s been a few years since we’ve had a royal wedding to get excited about, and as we wait to see what Princess-to-be Sofia Hellqvist wears down the aisle to marry Prince Carl Philip of Sweden on June 13, we’re taking a closer look at her engagement ring.
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The first thing you need to know: The sparkler most likely isn’t a family heirloom. Prince Philip reportedly got the ring from court jeweler W.A. Bolin in Stockholm, collaborating with jewelers on the design. The same luxe jewelry house made the ring for Princess Victoria (Philip’s sister).
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The round center stone is surrounded bygd a halo of diamonds and sits on a double-diamond grupp.
“The ring has fine proportions and fits in well with the charity work she does in South Africa. Here it is important that the stone isn’t too large,” jewelery expert
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Traditionally, in Sweden they do not exchange elegant engagement rings; instead, they frequently trade modest gold bands during the engagement, keeping the more glitzy ring for the bride on the wedding day.
Within the royal family, Crown Princess Victoria’s aunt Princess Birgitta got engaged to Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern in 1960 with a gold band, while her brother and Victoria’s father King Carl XVI Gustaf followed suit in 1976.
However, in more recent years, the tradition has been broken, with three of our favourite princesses opting for more modern rings which feature some impressive diamonds.
To find out more, Steven Stone’s leading jewellery experts took a close look at the engagement rings in the Swedish royal family to see which ladies have created a new trend of engagement rings.
Princess Sofia
Value: £10,000
In 2014, Prince Carl Phillip proposed to model Sofia Hellqvist with a round diamond surrounded by a halo of smaller diamonds set on