In pictures: the Queen’s most spectacular jewelleryDespite being expected to announce her engagement to Group Captain Peter Townsend after she turned 25 in 1955, and subsequently accepting a proposal from Billy Wallace, it wasn’t until 1960 that the Queen’s younger sister became officially engaged.
Photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, whom she met at a dinner party in 1958, proposed with a ruby and diamond ring, the central ruby surrounded by diamonds in the shape of rosebuds.
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