Meghan Markle's Birthstone Jewellery, Decoded

On 19 May 2019, a year to the day after her wedding at St George’s Chapel, Meghan Markle was given a ring that said nothing loudly and everything quietly. It was not a tiara moment or a red-carpet statement. It was a slim diamond eternity band from Prince Harry, and tucked along its inner edge sat three small coloured stones, a private code that only the couple, and now the rest of us, would come to read.

That ring is the clearest example of a habit that runs through much of Meghan’s jewellery box: birthstone jewellery, chosen and worn as a form of storytelling rather than display. Where her more formal pieces are about occasion and heritage, her birthstone jewellery is about the people she loves (herself, her husband, and their children), set in stone rather than said aloud.

This is the story of that ring, the necklaces that have echoed it since, and why birthstones have become such a fitting language for a woman who has always preferred meaning to spectacle.

The eternity ring: a family story set in gold

The ring itself is a fairly restrained diamond eternity band, the kind of piece that could pass for simply elegant at a glance. Its significance lives on the underside, where three tiny gemstones are set discreetly out of view: an olive-green peridot, an ocean-blue sapphire, and a deep green emerald. Prince Harry is understood to have worked with the New York jeweller Lorraine Schwartz, whose designs Meghan had already worn for her engagement ring and wedding band, to create the piece as a first-anniversary surprise.

The timing mattered as much as the design. May 2019 was not only the Sussexes’ first wedding anniversary but also barely two weeks after the birth of their son, Archie, on 6 May. A source close to the couple told reporters at the time that Meghan was “touched” by the gift. Reports of its cost have varied over the years, and Court & Capital would treat any specific figure with caution. The sentiment behind it has always mattered rather more than the price tag.

Meghan first wore the ring publicly around Trooping the Colour that June, stacking it alongside her engagement ring rather than replacing anything. It has remained part of her regular rotation ever since, a quiet fixture rather than a special-occasion piece.

Three stones, three people

Each of the ring’s three gemstones corresponds to a birth month, and each carries its own gentle symbolism that suits the sentiment behind the gift. Meghan was born on 4 August, making her birthstone the peridot, an olive-green gem historically associated with strength, clarity and good fortune, and one the ancient Egyptians reportedly prized as protection against bad dreams.

Prince Harry was born on 15 September, giving him the sapphire, a deep blue stone long linked with loyalty, wisdom and protecting those closest to you. It is a fitting note for a husband’s contribution to a ring designed for his wife. And Archie, born in May, is represented by the emerald, traditionally associated with renewal, love and new beginnings, which could hardly suit a newborn’s birthstone better.

The choice to keep all three stones on the underside of the band, rather than showing them off, is telling in itself. It is a ring built to be read by the wearer rather than the room, jewellery as a private note rather than a public statement.

Archie’s emerald, told twice

The eternity ring was not the only place an emerald has quietly stood in for Archie. Meghan has since been photographed in at least two separate necklaces from the Los Angeles jeweller Logan Hollowell that lean on the same green stone and the same association with her son’s May birthday.

One, the Baby Queen Water Drop Emerald Solitude Necklace, sets a pear-shaped Zambian emerald in a delicate gold halo and retails for around $3,450. The other, a grander Lovers Duet Diamond and Emerald Chain Necklace worn at a memorial event in Geneva, pairs an oval Colombian emerald with an Asscher-cut diamond on a fine link chain, priced closer to $21,150. Different budgets, different settings, but the same underlying idea: an emerald standing in for a small boy who cannot yet appreciate the reference himself.

It is a habit rather than a one-off. Meghan appears to have built Archie’s birthstone into her regular wardrobe of fine jewellery, returning to green stones again and again rather than saving the gesture for anniversaries alone.

A second code: zodiac necklaces for the whole family

Birthstones are not the only private language running through Meghan’s jewellery. Alongside her emerald pieces, she has also worn a set of Logan Hollowell necklaces that reference her family’s star signs rather than their birth months, a parallel system that tells much the same story from a different angle.

Prince Harry, born in September, is represented by Virgo; Archie, born in May, by Taurus; and Meghan’s own August birthday falls under Leo. Princess Lilibet, born in June 2021, completes the set as a curious, sociable Gemini. Together, the zodiac necklaces and the birthstone pieces amount to two overlapping ways of saying the same thing: this is my family, worn close. Rather than reaching for a different jeweller for every sentimental piece, Meghan has returned repeatedly to Logan Hollowell for this kind of personal jewellery, which suggests an ongoing collaboration rather than a single gifted commission.

A quiet contrast to the grander pieces

Meghan’s jewellery collection, taken as a whole, tells two rather different stories. On one hand there are the formal, heritage pieces, the kind of polished, tailored jewellery that suits a state visit or a gala, the sort Court & Capital has explored in her wider style evolution. On the other hand, there is this smaller, quieter category: birthstones and zodiac symbols, chosen for meaning rather than magnitude, worn on ordinary days rather than saved for the cameras.

Royal and near-royal families have long treated jewellery this way, not simply as adornment but as a kind of portable family history, a point Court & Capital examined in our piece on royal heirlooms. Meghan’s birthstone habit fits neatly into that older tradition, even as she has built her own contemporary version of it with a Los Angeles jeweller rather than a Bond Street institution.

Room for one more stone

Sharp-eyed followers of Meghan’s jewellery have noticed one gap: Lilibet does not yet appear to have a settled birthstone piece to match her brother’s emerald. Born on 4 June, Lilibet’s birth month carries three traditional birthstones to choose from: pearl, moonstone or alexandrite, any of which would sit beautifully alongside the peridot, sapphire and emerald already in rotation.

Since the original eternity ring was designed and gifted in May 2019, two years before Lilibet’s birth, its three-stone design was always going to need company. Given how consistently Meghan has returned to this kind of jewellery for Archie, it would be a fairly natural next step to see a matching piece emerge for her daughter in time, whether as an addition to an existing design or a new piece entirely. For now, the story has room to grow, which feels rather fitting for a family still finding its own traditions.

Why the tradition suits her

Birthstone jewellery has a long, slightly old-fashioned pedigree. It was a Victorian parlour habit long before it became a modern gifting trend, worn to mark loved ones without needing to say their names aloud. That history makes it a fitting choice for Meghan, whose approach to jewellery has always balanced polish with personal narrative. Where a tiara or a formal necklace announces status, a birthstone tucked into the underside of a ring announces nothing at all unless you already know to look. That is arguably why these smaller pieces have resonated so widely with royal watchers, turning fine jewellery into something closer to a family scrapbook.

The sentimental thread

Strip away the carat weights and the jeweller’s invoices, and what remains is a fairly simple, rather lovely idea: a mother wearing her children close, one gemstone at a time. Meghan Markle’s birthstone jewellery may never carry the historical weight of a royal tiara, but it tells its own story just as clearly, one written in peridot, sapphire and emerald, and likely to grow by at least one more stone before too long.

Try the idea yourself

You do not need a royal jeweller to borrow the idea. British labels such as Monica Vinader and Missoma both built dedicated birthstone and personalised lines around exactly this kind of quiet, wearable storytelling.

Frequently asked questions

What is Meghan Markle’s birthstone jewellery?

It refers to a small collection of pieces, most notably a diamond eternity ring from Prince Harry, that incorporate gemstones matched to the birth months of Meghan, Harry and their children, rather than being chosen purely for their appearance.

What does Meghan Markle’s eternity ring mean?

The ring, gifted by Prince Harry for their first wedding anniversary in May 2019, sets three birthstones discreetly on its underside: a peridot for Meghan, a sapphire for Harry, and an emerald for their newborn son Archie.

Who designed Meghan Markle’s eternity ring?

The ring is understood to have been created with New York jeweller Lorraine Schwartz, who also designed elements of Meghan’s engagement ring and wedding band.

What is Archie’s birthstone?

Archie was born on 6 May 2019, making his birthstone the emerald, the same green gem that appears on his mother’s eternity ring and in at least two necklaces she has since worn in his honour.

Does Meghan Markle wear jewellery for Lilibet?

Not yet in the same consistent way she does for Archie. Lilibet, born in June, could be represented by a pearl, moonstone or alexandrite, but no settled piece has been confirmed publicly so far.

Why does Meghan Markle wear an emerald necklace?

Her emerald necklaces, including pieces by Los Angeles jeweller Logan Hollowell, are reported nods to Archie’s May birthstone, echoing the emerald already set into her eternity ring.

What is Meghan Markle’s own birthstone?

Meghan was born on 4 August, which makes her birthstone the peridot, an olive-green gem historically associated with strength, clarity and good fortune.

Details of jewellery design, pricing and provenance are drawn from contemporary reporting and jeweller listings current as of 2026 and may be revised as new information emerges.