Meghan Markle's Missing Engagement Ring Finally Reappears in As Ever Promo as She and Prince Harry Prepare for Controversial U.K. Return

Meghan Markle's engagement ring has made a sudden reappearance.
Aug. 24 2026, Published 2:58 p.m. ET
Meghan Markle's massive diamond engagement ring from Prince Harry finally made a rare appearance on her hand after being MIA for most of 2026, Breaking Celebrity News can reveal.
The Duchess of Sussex, 45, sported the bauble in an As Ever teaser promo for what appears to be a new product related to apples, with close-up shots of the ring on her hand.
Inside Meghan Markle's 'New' Engagement Ring Video

The current ring video was reportedly an unused outtake from an October 2025 As Ever promo shoot.
While the latest video featured previously unseen material, the footage itself didn't appear to be new. It seemingly came from a shoot Markle did in the fall of 2025, when she was still regularly sporting the three-carat diamond engagement ring given to her by Harry, 41.
The aspiring lifestyle influencer first shared footage from the same orchard shoot on October 23, 2025, teasing an As Ever product restock with the caption, "Save The Date 10.28.25."
In the picturesque promo, Markle played up her hands-on nature-girl image, wandering through an orchard in a sleeveless navy dress, white sweater shrug, and brown boots. Filmed from a distance, the former actress appeared to pluck an apple straight from a tree as she struck a pose among the fruit-filled branches.
New As Ever Promo Highlights Meghan Markle's Engagement Ring

Close-ups of Meghan Markle's hand showing the engagement ring were prominent in the new promo.
The new video Markle posted to As Ever's Instagram page on Sunday, August 23, featured close-ups of her hands clasping the handle of the apple basket, prominently showing off her engagement ring, her gold Cartier Love bracelet, and her three-carat Lorraine Schwartz pinkie ring on her right hand.
The Los Angeles native has seemingly been wearing just a gold band on her left ring finger for most of this year, while adding a gaudy seven-carat pear-shaped diamond ring to her right hand beginning in February.
Critics Question Timing of Meghan Markle Flashing Engagement Ring

Critics speculated Meghan Markle was showing off her engagement ring again ahead of her move back to the UK.
Royal watchers on Reddit were quick to clock Markle's decision to flash her ring from Harry once again, with the clips of the eye-catching jewelry coming hot on the heels of the couple's decision to move back to the U.K. following their dramatic 2020 exit from royal life.
"Note the engagement ring, which is now nowhere in sight," one person pointed out about the new promo.
"Exactly what I noticed, so now it's back on?? Cuz they are moving," a second user wrote.
A third Redditor snarked, "She can’t even walk through an apple orchard without staging a ring-based Easter egg hunt."
"Yes, I too wear hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of jewelry when I’m picking apples! #relatable," a fourth user said.

Meghan Markle Kept Redesigning Original Engagement Ring

Meghan Markle has made significant alterations to her original engagement ring from Prince Harry.
Many critics have also joked that Markle allegedly "hates" her engagement ring from Harry, as she's had it altered several times.
The first thing to go was the gold band, where the three-carat Botswana-sourced diamond with two smaller stones that previously belonged to the late Princess Diana was set.
"The ring is obviously yellow gold because that’s her favorite," Harry boasted in the couple's November 2017 televised engagement interview.
The following year, his bride replaced it with a noticeably slimmer band set with micro-pavé diamonds.
In 2022, Markle rocked up to the Invictus Games with a new addition: a halo of diamonds set around the center stone.
By the time Netflix's With Love, Meghan debuted in March 2024, Markle appeared to have swapped the center stone for an emerald-cut diamond instead of the original cushion-cut stone.



