--- title: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Make Valentine Plans description: Meghan Markle and her fiancé Prince Harry will be spending the earlier part of the week in Edinburgh, Scotland for official appearances. canonical: https://time.com/5135912/meghan-markle-valentines/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-06T20:14:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:56:51.740Z og:title: Where Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Will Be on V-Day og:description: Here's where fans will find the engaged royal couple early in the week og:url: https://time.com/5135912/meghan-markle-valentines/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8aa19a6c008bcfcb/6988facde76ad27324630e8e/meghan-markle-prince-harry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2568 og:image:height: 1445 og:image:alt: Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Attend The 'Endeavour Fund Awards' Ceremony og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Where Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Will Be on V-Day twitter:description: Here's where fans will find the engaged royal couple early in the week twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8aa19a6c008bcfcb/6988facde76ad27324630e8e/meghan-markle-prince-harry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 01:05 video:published: 2017-12-07 section: entertainment topics: royal engagement, engagement rings, diamonds, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Princess Diana jewelry, royal family traditions, jewelry valuation genre: news feature, explainer tones: celebratory, informative, light, sentimental emotions: joy (medium), nostalgia (medium), admiration (low) sentiment: positive audience: royal watchers, celebrity news readers, general news audiences, engagement ring shoppers people: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Diana, Prince William, Kate Middleton organizations: Cleve and Company products: engagement ring transcript_source: automatic transcription transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Here's How Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Will Spend Valentine's Day Week Like Total Lovebirds > Sponsored content. 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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: All About the Royal Ring_ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary The video reports on the engagement ring Prince Harry designed for Meghan Markle, describing its three diamonds and yellow gold band. It explains the origin of each stone, including one from Botswana and two from Princess Diana's jewelry collection. It also estimates the ring's value and compares it with Prince William's engagement ring to Kate Middleton. ## Key points - Prince Harry designed the engagement ring with help from Cleve and Company, the jeweler preferred by Queen Elizabeth II. (00:09) - The ring has a yellow gold band with three diamonds. (00:15) - The center stone comes from Botswana, one of Prince Harry's favorite destinations. (00:20) - Meghan celebrated her 36th birthday in Botswana. (00:25) - The two smaller diamonds on the band come from the late Princess Diana's personal jewelry collection. (00:28) - The three diamonds are estimated to total 6.5 carats. (00:32) - Jewelers approximate the diamonds to be worth up to $200,000, though the ring has no real price tag. (00:38) - Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton in 2010 with an 18 carat sapphire and diamond ring that belonged to his mother, Diana. (00:50) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:15] Harry's engagement and ring design. The engagement is announced and the ring's design and jeweler are introduced. - [00:15 to 00:32] Origins of the ring's diamonds. The center stone's Botswana origin and the two diamonds from Princess Diana's collection are explained. - [00:32 to 01:05] Ring value and royal comparison. The ring's estimated value is given and compared with Prince William's engagement ring to Kate Middleton. ## Key quotes - [00:00] narrator: "Prince Harry is officially off the market." - [01:01] narrator: "Both brothers have certainly proven family is first when asking for their loved ones hand in marriage." ## Questions this video answers - Who designed Meghan Markle's engagement ring? [00:09] - Where does the center diamond of the ring come from? [00:20] - Whose personal jewelry are the two smaller diamonds from? [00:28] - How much are the ring's diamonds estimated to be worth? [00:38] - What engagement ring did Prince William give Kate Middleton? [00:50]  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 6, 2018 8:14 PM UTC Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: All About the Royal Ring  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 6, 2018 8:14 PM UTC It’s already been a busy [winter of travel](http://time.com/5095129/harry-meghan-2018-radio/) for Prince Harry and fiancée Meghan Markle, who have been attending a slew of official events — many of them of the charitable variety — in advance of their [impending spring nuptials.](http://time.com/5039393/royal-wedding-2018-details/) But for Valentine’s Day, perhaps the pair will be able to take a break. They won’t be at their home of Nottingham Cottage in London, however; the official royal Twitter account shared that the former _Suits_ actor and her betrothed are scheduled for a stop in [Edinburgh](http://time.com/2826515/visiting-the-uk-why-not-attend-a-literary-festival/item/edinburgh-international-book-festival/), Scotland on Tuesday, Feb. 13, just one day before the holiday of Hallmark romance. In picturesque Edinburgh, they’ll be enjoying some time at the historic castle and at [Social Bite](http://time.com/4550126/leonardo-dicaprio-date-contest/), a restaurant known for providing employment training and free meals to the homeless. (It’s a favorite of celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, who raffled off [a lunch with him](http://time.com/4550126/leonardo-dicaprio-date-contest/) at the establishment back in 2016, too.) Then they’ll hit up a youth achievement reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Not bad!  View of Edinburgh Castle late afternoon. Getty Images While it’s unclear where Markle and the Prince will make off to for Valentine’s Day proper, they may just choose to stick around: Edinburgh is 400 miles from London. In any case, Markle has left plenty of clues for her royal beau about what she’d like from the holiday, sharing her ideal day on her [old blog The Tig.](http://thetig.com/) “Hook, line and sinker, I am such a sucker for Valentine’s Day,” [she wrote](http://people.com/royals/prince-harry-meghan-markle-visit-scotland/) previously, according to [_PEOPLE_](http://people.com/royals/prince-harry-meghan-markle-visit-scotland/). “Without fail, every February 14th, I wake up feeling like I’m immersed in a Robert Doisneau photo, waiting with bated breath to be dipped into a kiss. This is all happening in black and white, of course. And in Paris, if I had my way.” (Side note to Harry: maybe book a quick flight across the Channel?) “But delusions of francophile grandeur aside, Valentine’s Day is special wherever you happen to find yourself. And in terms of gifts, be it breakfast in bed, a sweet love note, or a single flower, it really is the thought that counts,” she concluded. So looks like he won’t have to do too much advance planning after all. [In another post,](https://web.archive.org/web/20150320091427/http://thetig.com/valentine/) she had reflected on the “divisive” nature of the holiday, where “couples are cuddled up and singletons see their requisite froyo as a cup of lonely.” She had a kicker then: “I think you need to be your own Valentine.” It’s good advice, although this year it’s doubtful she’ll be needing it. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/960895062870822912) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5135912/meghan-markle-valentines/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5135912/meghan-markle-valentines/"},"headline":"Here's How Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Will Spend Valentine's Day Week Like Total Lovebirds","datePublished":"2018-02-06T20:14:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-12T08:56:51.740Z","description":"Markle has admitted in the past she's a \"sucker\" for the holiday","url":"https://time.com/5135912/meghan-markle-valentines/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Valentine's Day","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8aa19a6c008bcfcb/6988facde76ad27324630e8e/meghan-markle-prince-harry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8aa19a6c008bcfcb/6988facde76ad27324630e8e/meghan-markle-prince-harry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Attend The 'Endeavour Fund Awards' Ceremony","caption":"Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Attend The 'Endeavour Fund Awards' Ceremony","creditText":"Max Mumby/Indigo—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5135912/meghan-markle-valentines/","name":"Here's How Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Will Spend Valentine's Day Week Like Total Lovebirds"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: All About the Royal Ring","description":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: All About the Royal Ring","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/R6ucVkgA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-12-07T15:18:39.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/R6ucVkgA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5135912/meghan-markle-valentines/","duration":"PT1M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5135912/meghan-markle-valentines/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```