Meghan Markle‘s famous accessories are at the forefront in her latest Instagram post.
On May 14, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, posted a new photo on the Instagram page for her lifestyle brand, As ever. “Simplici-tea,” read the caption of the snap, which showed Meghan spooning a dried mixture into a loose-leaf tea bag, giving a good look at her left hand, where her engagement ring, wedding ring and eternity band from Prince Harry were on display.
The photo revealed that Meghan slipped on her three-stone engagement ring first, followed by her eternity band and then her Welsh gold wedding band — putting a modern twist on the traditional ring stack, where the wedding band is typically worn first.
Ann Grimmet, Vice President of Merchandising at Jared Jewelers, told The Knot, “Traditionally, the wedding band is worn closest to the heart, meaning it’s placed on the finger first, followed by the engagement ring. However, like so many aspects of weddings today, it’s really about personal preference.”
British jeweler Beaverbrooks notes that eternity bands are typically added last, as the rings are often given to mark milestones in a relationship.
Meghan has been known to play with her ring order. Just a few weeks ago, she hit the stage at the TIME100 Summit in New York City on April 23, where she wore her wedding band first, followed by her sparkling eternity band and engagement ring.
Meghan Markle at the 2025 TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2025 in New York City.
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At the Invictus Games at The Hague in April 2022, Meghan sported her engagement ring first and followed it with her wedding band, adding a hand chain, for a friends and family reception.
In July 2024, she played with the arrangement again and wore the engagement ring between her wedding and eternity bands at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles.
Meghan also went without wearing her engagement ring for a short time in 2023. PEOPLE understands the piece was being serviced because a setting came loose.
Meghan Markle at the Invictus Games in April 2022.
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A little more than a year after they began dating, Prince Harry proposed to Meghan with a tri-stone diamond ring he designed with Cleave & Company (the late Queen Elizabeth‘s go-to jeweler) in September 2017.
The center gem was ethically sourced from Botswana, where Harry and Meghan had one of their first dates, flanked by two smaller diamonds from the personal collection of his late mother, Princess Diana. Prince Harry said in their engagement interview with the BBC that he included his mother’s jewels “to make sure that she’s with us on this crazy journey together.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the photocall announcing their engagement on Nov. 27, 2017.
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When they tied the knot in May 2018, Harry and Meghan continued over 100 years of royal tradition by choosing a Welsh gold band for her wedding ring — just like several royal brides before her, including Queen Elizabeth, Princess Diana and Kate Middleton.
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A year later, Harry marked their first wedding anniversary on May 19 by gifting Meghan a delicate eternity ring encircled with diamonds. She debuted the meaningful piece the following month at Trooping the Colour, a cornerstone event on the royal family’s annual calendar.
Meghan Markle travels down The Mall at Trooping the Colour in London on June 8, 2019.
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Meghan made a subtle but significant update to her engagement ring following the couple’s nuptials. In May 2019, royal watchers noticed the Duchess of Sussex’s sparkler appeared even more dazzling — now set with a micro-pavé band — when she and Prince Harry introduced their first child, Prince Archie (now 6), during a photo call at St. George’s Hall in Windsor Castle, the same venue where they held their wedding reception a year earlier.
Originally, Meghan’s engagement ring featured a solid yellow gold band.
Meghan made a subtle but significant update to her engagement ring following the couple’s nuptials. In May 2019, royal watchers noticed the Duchess of Sussex’s sparkler appeared even more dazzling — now set with a micro-pavé band — when she and Prince Harry introduced their first child, Prince Archie (now 6), during a photo call at St. George’s Hall in Windsor Castle, the same venue where they held their wedding reception a year earlier.
Originally, Meghan’s engagement ring featured a solid yellow gold band.
Meghan Markle attends the Whistler Welcome Ceremony during the 2025 Invictus Games on Feb. 10, 2025 in Whistler, Canda.
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In 2024, the Duchess of Sussex’s engagement ring crowned the list of the world’s most searched-for, according to a study from British jeweler Ramsden’s Jewellery. The report analyzed global search volume data from the past 12 months, with an aggregated average revealing that Meghan’s engagement ring from Harry drove about 51,283 searches monthly.