Melania Trump, who has been married to President Donald Trump since 2005, stopped wearing her original engagement ring, which cost over $2 million.

The couple reportedly met at a party in 1998 and began dating soon after.

They got engaged in 2004, and Trump presented Melania with a diamond engagement ring worth millions, according to 77Diamonds.com managing director Tobias Kormind.

Kormind told Express.co.uk: “When Melania Trump got engaged in 2005, Donald Trump bought her a 15 carat, D Flawless, emerald cut diamond ring. It was from Graff which would today retail for $3million, which is around £2.3million. At the time, Trump hit the headlines for claiming he had enjoyed a 50 percent discount. Graff was later quoted saying ‘We don’t sell items for publicity value.'”

 

Kormind stated: “On their 10th anniversary, Donald Trump upgraded the size of Melania’s ring to a 25 carat diamond, also from Graff. This is the ring Melania decided to wear in her official White House portrait.”

The second engagement ring, also a diamond ring, is notably larger in size compared to the original one.

“That 10th anniversary ring would today retail for $3.5million, or £2.7million,” Kormind explained, “It is significantly larger than Melania’s original engagement ring but it is not D Flawless, which is the top and most coveted diamond quality in existence.”

While Melania proudly wears her ring, step-daughter Ivanka Trump is rarely seen wearing the ring she got from husband Jared Kushner.

Kormind said: “When she got engaged to Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump received a 5.22 carat, D Flawless, cushion cut diamond on a diamond encrusted band. I estimate it to be worth £400,000 and the couple married in 2009. It is thought to be designed by Ivanka but Jared chose the central diamond. She rarely wears it.”