So Posh, just how many engagement rings does a girl really need? Victoria Beckham has owned 13 bands worth £4million in 15 years of marriage
- Designer been spotted wearing 13 engagement rings in 15 years of marriage
- Thought the bands with diamonds and emeralds are worth £4million
- Most expensive appears to be a £1million huge heart shaped diamond
Most women see their engagement ring as a lasting – and singular – symbol of love. But not, it appears, Victoria Beckham.
The singer-turned-designer seems to regard it as a fashion accessory, getting through an astonishing 13 engagement rings in 15 years of marriage to husband David.
Experts yesterday valued her collection of diamonds, emeralds and sapphires at up to £3.8million, charting the rise in her fortunes. When David proposed in 1998, her first engagement ring was a diamond cut into an elongated ‘marquise’ shape, set on a yellow gold band, said to have cost around £65,000.
Scroll down for videos
At the recent Wimbledon tennis championships, Victoria Beckham wore a £10,000 emeral-cut yellow diamon set in yellow gold
When David Beckham proposed in 1998, her first engagement ring was a £65,000 diamond on a gold band
In 2002, Mrs Beckham wore a simple diamond band worth £5,000, left, while in 2005, she wore a £159,000 diamond pear cut
She later had the ring reset on a diamond studded band and in 2002 was seen wearing a simple diamond-encrusted band estimated at £5,000. Since then, her tastes appear to have grown ever more expensive.
At Wimbledon this year Mrs Beckham, 40, opted for a £100,000 yellow diamond set in yellow gold. And one of her favourites is a square cut emerald with surrounding diamonds, put at £500,000.
The most expensive appears to be a huge heart-shaped diamond thought to be worth in excess of £1million.
In 2006, the designer opted for a yellow hued baguette engagement ring worth £250,000, left. A year later she wore a £500,000 square cut emerald with diamonds
In 2009, Mrs Beckham wore a £500,000 diamond on a diamond band when she attended a Marc Jacobs fashion show
Her collection was valued for the Daily Mail by jewellery maker Steve Bennett, founder of The Genuine Gemstone Company, who said some may be loaned by her friends in the jewellery business.
He added: ‘I’ve never known a woman to chop and change her engagement ring as she does. She clearly sees no reason not to treat it like any other fashion accessory.
‘Victoria is not afraid to wear quite adventurous styles. She opts for rare cuts or less common stones such as emeralds or sapphires.’
- Watch video Inside Victoria Beckham's new Vogue cover shoot
- Watch video The moment David, Romeo and Cruz Beckham get slimed!
- Watch video Victoria Beckham's New York strut in big, red heels this June
- Watch video David Beckham talks about his charity work in Singapore
- Watch video Victoria Beckham releases video teaser of her latest collection
- Watch video Invent it like Beckham: New David Beckham Sky Sports ad
- Watch video Prince William and David Beckham team up for wildlife campaign
- Watch video Beckham: Academies are the most important thing for the MLS
- Watch video David Beckham takes a step Into The Unknown by motorbike
- Watch video Beckham: I miss playing for England more than anything
- Watch video The Beckham brood look stylish as they leave Los Angeles
- Watch video David holds onto Harper tightly as the Beckhams arrive in LAX
- Watch video David Beckham checks out a Miami stadium for his football team
- Watch video David Beckham returns to his primary school after 30 years
- Watch video Tiddly Spice Girls stumble out of Victoria Beckham's 40th
Most watched News videos
- Public gather in London to view suspected Banksy art work
- Drone footage shows the M25 empty as workers demolish a bridge
- Putin secures landslide victory in Russian election, early results
- 'I could write a whole book on it': Peter Andre on Louis Walsh
- Vladimir Putin says his election win will consolidate Russian society
- Moment Eagle Ridge boy is swarmed and beaten up by mob of students
- Bodycam shows Riley Strain speaking to cops night he went missing
- Irish Guards pay tribute to Princess of Wales on St Patrick's Day
- Moment female acrobat falls 12ft after circus act goes wrong
- Women claim they were kicked off their flight due to their size
- Ekin-Su is a no-show on 'Lorraine,' much to host's surprise
- AOC's NYC district filled with migrants running a 'flea market'