The piece inherited from Lady Di has a deeply emotional meaning and a 'legend' centered on the bad luck that the ring brings to its wearers.
Yesterday, a very serious piece of news shook newspapers and magazines around the world like a rattle: the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton (42 years old), has cancer. The Princess of Wales confirmed through a video that she has begun her chemotherapy treatment, taking the first medical steps toward her recovery.
And it seems that's what bad news does: it not only shakes us to our core, but also makes us ponder its nature and cause. Even when there's no rational explanation, our minds feed on filling in the gaps with possible and mysterious theories that explain the world's ills…
Why her? Why a woman so young and in the prime of her life? Unanswered questions that have little or nothing to do with the unconventional and irrational explanations that fill the headlines and are on everyone's lips today, and which SEMANA will tell you about below.
The story of Lady Di's sapphire ring
Both wore it during their engagement, before their beautiful fairytale wedding. It was reportedly made inspired by the brooch Queen Victoria wore at her wedding to Prince Albert. A family heirloom that possesses not only high economic but also sentimental value, as it is the most characteristic jewel of the British Crown, being the quintessential engagement ring with which King Charles III is said to have married the beautiful Lady Di. And now, years later, it is in the possession of Kate Middleton since her marriage to the Prince of Wales, William, the heir to the throne.
Many fans have claimed for years that this ring not only possesses the energy of the late Princess Diana, a historical icon for women who suffer for love, but that it is "cursed" after having gloriously survived various negative events in the lives of both princesses. Many have commented that this sapphire stone is strongly associated with the energy of voracious Saturn.
And indeed, far from conveying what this stone originally represents—loyalty, sincerity, fidelity, and truth in relationships, religious matters, and human connections (symbols that have made it the quintessential engagement ring stone)—it now transmits a highly negative energy. This is because the ring was removed from Princess Diana's hand after her car accident and has now rested on Kate Middleton's hand as she confirmed her state of health in her official statement.
Lady Di's 'cursed' ring that Kate has worn on numerous occasions
The ring has not only witnessed the traumatic event of Lady Di's death, but long before that it had already been part of the family's collection (albeit as a brooch) during the brief marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, who died at the young age of 42 from typhoid fever, cutting short their relationship.
After that sad event, the ring remained in the British Royal Family for decades, specifically until Lady Di received it as an engagement ring before her marriage to the man who caused her the most heartbreak in her life, the then-Prince Charles.
However, as has been revealed in the years following her death and in the memoirs written by her son Harry, King Charles III subjected her to numerous infidelities and lies during their marriage (something of which their son, Prince William, Kate's husband, has also been accused, and who has also been alleged to have a mistress named Rose Hanbury since 2019), culminating in one of the most high-profile divorces in the international and British press.
And indeed, as has been said many times, this jewel carries with it the weight of karma and the omen of marital separation.
In the memoirs written by the estranged Prince Harry, he spoke of how his mother's ring remained in his possession for years, until his older brother William became engaged. He then asked for this precious family heirloom to seal his official engagement to Kate Middleton, an accessory that he reluctantly had to relinquish to his eldest son.
The ring appears in Kate Middleton's statement
The video in question, released by the royal household on Friday, March 22, showed Kate Middleton sitting on a bench near Windsor Castle, surrounded by a bucolic, springtime setting where daffodils adorned her visibly thinner body.
On her hand, somewhat shyly and hidden behind her legs, rested the ring as she announced the sad news of her cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment: “In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London, and at the time it was thought that my condition was not cancerous. The surgery was successful. However, after post-operative tests, cancer was found,” she said, visibly distressed, while the press focused intently on the striking accessory around her ring finger.
A detail that, far from being considered merely anecdotal, now seems to be seen as a symbol of negativity present for decades within the British Royal Family.
