if you were kate middleton...

[gina32]

... would you be pleased with your mother in laws engagement ring? i know i wouldnt!

[ummmm]

It looks like something you'd get in a little girls make up set..

[LoftyLottie]

She will never have a mother in law. I should imagine it was something that both of them talked about and both of them wanted. Me, I wouldn't want an engagement ring at all!

[pusskin]

I know that ring is very special, and so was princess diana, but I dont really think its such a good idea with Kate having it as her engagement ring though --- no

[cazzz1975]

considering who the mother in law was and the value of the said item, I would feel honoured.

[dotty.]

It's not just any ring, or any mother-in-law, I can't hand on my Mum's engagement ring as she was buried with it, but it would have been a very emotional thing to do and ant girl that accepted it and felt the deep importance of it would be good enough to be anyones daughter-in-law in my opinion.

[rowanwitch]

Sadly Redman didn't have his late mothers ring... but I would have felt incredibly privileged to be offered something so precious...but diana's ring isn't just carats it is the weight of history...that is a different thing so no...put it in a museum....

[Bbbananas]

me too cazz. I think it's a lovely gesture from William - both emotionally and in sentiment.

[jno]

it's an heirloom of the family she's marrying into; people from old families often do that sort of thing. The idea that you have to have everything brand-new is just consumer-society brainwashing.

[237SJ]

After the sad marriage and tragic death of Diana, I`d be superstitious and think it was an unlucky ring.

[gina32]

pusskin, diana was special? dont make me laugh

[dotty.]

plus it takes care of the something old something borrowed and something blue in one fell swoop, tell you what though, wouldn't be too surprised that she wears a copy and the real one is locked away after the big day.

[LoftyLottie]

I agree with you Dotty. A very meaningful emotional thing, especially in the circumstances. Must mean a lot to Charles and because of that would be very special to Kate. For him to give that to her to me means a real token of love.

[ummmm]

Why wasn't she special??

[LoftyLottie]

I would agree with you about Diana Gina. However, she was special to William and that is what matters. What we think of her isn't relevant.

[ladybird49]

I wonder what camilla thought ? i think its lovely for william to give his bride to be his mothers ring , hope it brings more happiness than what dianna had

[gina32]

why was she

[jackthehat]

I believe that William may think that Diana was special...........regardless of what those who had never met her think.

[cazzz1975]

how about a brand new argos dimonique ring, better?

[gina32]

i agree lofty, as are most mothers

[ummmm]

She's the Mother of the future King of England....makes her a tad 'special'