Royal Wedding Rings Welsh Gold

Explore our beautiful selection of genuine 18 carat welsh gold wedding rings the choice of british royalty and showbiz royalty. Since 1923 the british royal family have been wearing wedding rings crafted from a single nugget of clogau gold extracted from the clogau st.

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Welsh gold has been used to create wedding rings for some members of the royal family.

Royal wedding rings welsh gold. Read about our welsh golds journey and more. Queen elizabeth iis wedding ring was crafted from welsh gold from the clogau st. The tradition began with the queens mother was carried on by queen elizabeth ii and followed.

Elizabeth bowes lyon used a welsh gold ring in her marriage to the duke of york on 26 april 1923. A gift of clogau gold dating from the closure of the clogau st davids mine in 1911 went into wedding rings for the queen mother the queen princess margaret princess royal and diana. Welsh gold and the royals.

Welsh gold has been used for royal brides ever since. 36gm of welsh gold of unknown origin gifted by the royal british legion. The rings will be carried to st georges chapel on the day of the wedding by the duke of cambridge in his capacity as best man but why is welsh gold used for royal wedding rings.

For the past century the rare gold has been turned into wedding bands for the royal family. The wedding bands of the queen mother the queen princess margaret the princess royal and diana princess of wales were made from the same nugget drawn from the clogau st davids mine at bontddu in north wales. Wedding rings our craftsmen lovingly create beautiful welsh gold wedding rings in a variety of styles for you to choose from shop wedding rings find out about welsh gold where does it come from and how is it found.

Hidden in the remote hills of bontddu wales is the unlikely vault of a royal wedding tradition welsh gold. But in november 1981 the british royal legion presented the queen with a 36 gramme piece of 21 carat welsh gold for future royal wedding rings. T he welsh mine that produced the gold for three generations of royal wedding rings is to reopen after nearly 20 years.

The duchess of cornwalls wedding ring was also crafted from welsh gold from the clogau st davids mine and the river mawdach. Part of this gold went into making sarah duchess of yorks ring in 1986. The british royal family has been using pure welsh gold to create their wedding rings since 1923.

This tradition was founded by the queen mother then lady elizabeth bowes lyon on her marriage to the duke of york on 26th april 1923. The custom of using welsh gold for wedding rings was started by the queen mother in 1923. Makers of fine jewellery.

A clogau wedding ring represents your love and lifelong commitment to another person.