Want Kate's Ring? That'll Be $3, Please

Royals hold Christmas gathering without Wills
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 24, 2010 10:58 AM CST
Want Kate's Ring? That'll Be $3, Please
In this combo made from file photos, Princess Diana's engagement ring is shown on Diana's hand on Feb. 24, 1981, top, and the same ring is shown on Kate Middleton's hand on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010.   (AP Photos)

It’s worth $45,000, but you can get Kate Middleton’s engagement ring for $3 in China. Or at least a really cheap knockoff. Lookalike versions of the ring—a sapphire and diamond affair that was Princess Diana's—are all over China’s top online mall, ranging in price from $3 to $15, AFP reports. Back in Britain, the royal family is having a Christmas get-together today—but without their star couple or their ring. Seems Prince William's stuck on military duty.
(More Prince William stories.)

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