Um Victoria as a Queen Regnant had to do the proposing – there was no way he could do the proposing …..

My favorite stone after Jade is Emerald I was never really that fond of diamonds I always dreamed of having a Emerald Engagement Ring I want an Emerald Ring in general even without meaning

Since marriage is (and always has been) a contractual relationship, it makes sense that people should be able to show their contractual status.

I ended up choosing a moissanite for my engagement ring! I wanted the look of a large stone and there was no way we were paying the diamond price tag for that. I eventually do want a salt and pepper diamond ring because I do love the inclusions on the “imperfect” diamonds, and possibly an included sapphire ring or band as well

Maybe I have a messed up humor but I could see myself or partner proposing with a ring pop and going shopping together to find engagement rings. I dosen’t have to be over the top shiny and pretty I just want it to be durable and last while staying a simple design.

Queen Victoria proposed to Albert not Albert to Victoria. Because she was already crowned as Queen she had to propose. Also the history of diamonds in South Africa in your video is not correct, the young boy Erasmus (whose entire name was pronounced incorrectly in this video) found a diamond on his family’s farm thinking it was a crystal as he collected stones. His sister liked it and he gave it to her as a toy to play with. The family had the stone for a while before a British visitor to the farm saw the stone and advised the family that he thinks the stone might be a diamond. He asked the family permission to take to stone back with him to Brittian to get it verified, but he only collected the stone on his way back from his intended destination. Once he confirmed to family that the stone was indeed a diamond there was no rush to the farm to mine diamonds as the farm was privately owned and uninvited trespassers would have been seen as a threat and most likely shot because during the 1800’s South African was a very dangerous place – not that much has changed now. In fact the family refused several offers, some from the UK to buy the farm but this did not happen until more diamonds were found on the farm over the next couple of years, because finding 1 diamond on a farm does not mean there is a huge deposit of diamonds in the groud. The diamond rush only happened later in areas where larger amounts of diamonds were discovered lying around in those areas. Thank you for mentioning South African diamonds but I am wondering why the narrator kept referring to South African diamonds as if they are inferior and thus effected the diamond market in a negative way. I am aware that an influx of diamonds in the market makes the value of diamonds drop because there are so many diamonds available, but it was not because South Africa diamonds are inferior. We have some of the highest prized diamonds in the world; even Queen Elizabeth has a large a South African diamond as the centre piece of her crown.

I read that a man was going to sell diamonds at a cheaper price and DEBEERS told him that if he sold cheaper diamonds that others might sell at a cheaper price they told him it would make all the diamonds in the industry less valuable. And that they would flood the market with cheaper diamonds and. I think they told him they controlled the the diamond market and he couldn’t get the diamonds. Because they are all about the money. Like everything else.

my fiance bought me a dark blue sapphire engagement ring and i love it so much more than any diamond that you always see on everyone else’s hands