{"id":205,"date":"2025-01-18T21:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T21:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesussexedit.com\/?p=205"},"modified":"2025-01-18T21:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T21:36:06","slug":"making-heirloom-pieces-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesussexedit.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/making-heirloom-pieces-your-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Making heirloom pieces your own"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This was originally posted on my Instagram for my Meghan Style Cues series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon her marriage to her husband, Prince Harry, Meghan was gifted pieces from his mother Princess Diana&#8217;s famous personal collection of jewelry. It was never made public the extent of what Diana had owned. Or who got what items. So it was a welcomed surprise that for her wedding reception the famous aquamarine ring made it&#8217;s debut on The Duchess of Sussex.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper aligncenter   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"bca01534-cf84-4d30-9bab-70ec7edd14cf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper   \">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-26f1bad7b7423cb93a1e2500c6c5021b\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div \n\t\t\t\t\t\t >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper  insta-grid  \" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ose- ose-uid-f499a78cdd88daec8e824c5143722954 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:600px; max-height:600px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><div class=\"embera-embed-responsive embera-embed-responsive-rich embera-embed-responsive-provider-gettyimages\"><a id=\"dJrPjyFfS0NaU6qpE0RFDQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/52114537\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:\"dJrPjyFfS0NaU6qpE0RFDQ\",sig:\"DfnzgM4tHOR7UjN4nQPkL_LBJhGa7xTFVQUijDR4gbA=\",w:\"404px\",h:\"594px\",items:\"52114537\",caption: false ,tld:\"com\",is360: false })});<\/script><script src=\"\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" async><\/script><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\tif (typeof gie === 'function') {\n\t\t\t\t\tgie(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar iframe = document.querySelector('.ose-embedpress-responsive iframe');\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif(iframe && !iframe.getAttribute('title')){\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tiframe.setAttribute('title', 'Diana Giggling')\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t.ose-youtube.ose-uid-f499a78cdd88daec8e824c5143722954 {\n\t\t\twidth: px !important;\n\t\t\theight: px!important;\n\t\t\tmax-height: px !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t.ose-youtube.ose-uid-f499a78cdd88daec8e824c5143722954>iframe {\n\t\t\theight: px !important;\n\t\t\tmax-height: px !important;\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\tposition: relative !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t\n\n\t\t.ose-uid-f499a78cdd88daec8e824c5143722954 .wistia_embed {\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t.alignright .ose-wistia.ose-uid-f499a78cdd88daec8e824c5143722954{\n\t\t\tmargin-left: auto;\n\t\t}\n\t\t.alignleft .ose-wistia.ose-uid-f499a78cdd88daec8e824c5143722954{\n\t\t\tmargin-right: auto;\n\t\t}\n\t\t.aligncenter .ose-wistia.ose-uid-f499a78cdd88daec8e824c5143722954{\n\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t}\n\t\t.ose-uid-f499a78cdd88daec8e824c5143722954 img.watermark{\n\t\t\tdisplay: none;\n\t\t}\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/style><style>\n\t\t.ose-matterport.ose-uid-f499a78cdd88daec8e824c5143722954 {\n\t\t\tposition: relative;\n\t\t\twidth: px !important;\n\t\t\theight: px !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\t  }\n\t\t.ose-giphy.ose-uid-f499a78cdd88daec8e824c5143722954 img{\n\t\t\tposition: relative;\n\t\t\twidth: px !important;\n\t\t\theight: px !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\t  }\n\n\n\n\t<\/style>\n\n\n<p>While Diana had only worn the accessory publically twice before her passing, she had a clear POV of what she preferred to wear it with. Two dazzling blue gowns and a set of pearl drop earrings. While for her part, Meghan has worn the gem publically three times in total, she also has a clear view point on what she styles it with. Differing from Diana, Meghan has only worn the ring with gorgeous bright white gowns and diamonds. At her wedding reception, at an event in Tonga and receiving the Ripple of Hope Award in NYC.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper aligncenter   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"aba2e12a-5123-4164-97f3-ce5485507d09\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper   \">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-7863a12e27daa383788ce538d9580ace\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div \n\t\t\t\t\t\t >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper  insta-grid  \" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ose- ose-uid-10b9f4d1bc1c8cd95a9b37d504643cf4 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:600px; max-height:600px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><div class=\"embera-embed-responsive embera-embed-responsive-rich embera-embed-responsive-provider-gettyimages\"><a id=\"j0oTbc12Q85D2FP1DkxMzg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1447260378\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:\"j0oTbc12Q85D2FP1DkxMzg\",sig:\"TEKSQks-o4jpFZNiOGphLnF8WW4fL6hD5p7_elo8CcA=\",w:\"396px\",h:\"594px\",items:\"1447260378\",caption: false ,tld:\"com\",is360: false })});<\/script><script src=\"\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" async><\/script><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\tif (typeof gie === 'function') {\n\t\t\t\t\tgie(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar iframe = document.querySelector('.ose-embedpress-responsive iframe');\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif(iframe && !iframe.getAttribute('title')){\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tiframe.setAttribute('title', '2022 Robert F. 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Where it would&#8217;ve been easy to lean on what Diana had trailblazed before her, Meghan chose to depend on her personality and keen eye to make the most of the ring for herself. Which is what Diana was actually doing in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper aligncenter   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"0f90edfc-9629-4cef-b3d0-e142caa6a85c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper   \">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-d068ab9940865aa5fa7456c21225e309\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div \n\t\t\t\t\t\t >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper  insta-grid  \" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ose- ose-uid-5c735f45850f7811280ccb4d44e177a5 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:600px; max-height:600px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><div class=\"embera-embed-responsive embera-embed-responsive-rich embera-embed-responsive-provider-gettyimages\"><a id=\"lCHa_eKqQl9SbWQf2hU6Tw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1053245474\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:\"lCHa_eKqQl9SbWQf2hU6Tw\",sig:\"EEEU6W2_YiGSVlKetmbvbzhJpsdiDi8TgW61ThI_5dw=\",w:\"308px\",h:\"594px\",items:\"1053245474\",caption: false ,tld:\"com\",is360: false })});<\/script><script src=\"\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" async><\/script><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\tif (typeof gie === 'function') {\n\t\t\t\t\tgie(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar iframe = document.querySelector('.ose-embedpress-responsive iframe');\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif(iframe && !iframe.getAttribute('title')){\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tiframe.setAttribute('title', 'The Duke And Duchess Of Sussex Visit Tonga - Day 1')\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t.ose-youtube.ose-uid-5c735f45850f7811280ccb4d44e177a5 {\n\t\t\twidth: px !important;\n\t\t\theight: px!important;\n\t\t\tmax-height: px !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t.ose-youtube.ose-uid-5c735f45850f7811280ccb4d44e177a5>iframe {\n\t\t\theight: px !important;\n\t\t\tmax-height: px !important;\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\tposition: relative !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t\n\n\t\t.ose-uid-5c735f45850f7811280ccb4d44e177a5 .wistia_embed {\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t.alignright .ose-wistia.ose-uid-5c735f45850f7811280ccb4d44e177a5{\n\t\t\tmargin-left: auto;\n\t\t}\n\t\t.alignleft .ose-wistia.ose-uid-5c735f45850f7811280ccb4d44e177a5{\n\t\t\tmargin-right: auto;\n\t\t}\n\t\t.aligncenter .ose-wistia.ose-uid-5c735f45850f7811280ccb4d44e177a5{\n\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t}\n\t\t.ose-uid-5c735f45850f7811280ccb4d44e177a5 img.watermark{\n\t\t\tdisplay: none;\n\t\t}\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/style><style>\n\t\t.ose-matterport.ose-uid-5c735f45850f7811280ccb4d44e177a5 {\n\t\t\tposition: relative;\n\t\t\twidth: px !important;\n\t\t\theight: px !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\t  }\n\t\t.ose-giphy.ose-uid-5c735f45850f7811280ccb4d44e177a5 img{\n\t\t\tposition: relative;\n\t\t\twidth: px !important;\n\t\t\theight: px !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\t  }\n\n\n\n\t<\/style>\n\n\n<p>All in all, the lesson here is that even if you are wearing the same item, it is not necessary to be reliant on what someone else has done. 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