Jeweler: \u00ab\u00a0We’re not going to be making replicas of it. If you want a ring, then we’ll design you a different one.\u00a0\u00bb<\/b>
\nLONDON \u2014 The jewelry maker who worked on the engagement ring Prince Harry gave to Meghan Markle says it\u2019s been inundated with requests for replicas\u2014 but it won\u2019t be taking any orders for copycat rings.
Stephen Connelly, director of Cleave and Company, told The Associated Press the intense media attention has been \u201ca bit of a shock.\u201d He added: \u201cWe\u2019re not going to be making replicas of it. If you want a ring, then we\u2019ll design you a different one.\u201d
Harry has said he sourced a diamond from Botswana for the yellow gold engagement ring, which also features smaller diamonds that had belonged to his mother, Princess Diana, so she could be with them \u201con this crazy journey together.\u201d
David Thomas, a former Crown Jeweler who looked after the royal family\u2019s jewels and now works with Cleave and Company, said working on the ring was the \u201cbiggest and hardest secret\u201d he\u2019s had to keep in his life.
He said he has been bombarded by questions from the press \u2014 including how much the ring had cost \u2014 but he declined to violate the royal couple\u2019s privacy.
\u201cJewelers are like doctors: we never discuss our patients!\u201d Thomas said.
The company wanted to keep such a low profile that it only allowed the AP access to its workshop on the condition that its location is kept secret.
Harry and Markle are getting married at St. George\u2019s Chapel in Windsor Castle in May.<\/p>\n

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