What is there between Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and Queen Letizia of Spain?

Besides all three being beautiful women and influencers?

Well, what all three had in common is that each received an eternity ring from their significant other.

An eternity band or ring is made of a band of precious metal (typically gold, but can also be sterling silver or platinum) with gemstones (traditionally diamonds) in a continuous line along the band.

Since the stones are all the way around the ring, they are called eternity bands.

Eternity bands symbolize never-ending love and are often given to a woman on a marriage anniversary, the birth of a child, or sometimes just for the fun of it.

The concept of the diamonds eternity ring was created in the 1960s by diamond merchant De Beers and introduced through strong publicity campaigns.

One campaign slogan aimed at husbands went as follows: "She married you for richer or poorer. Let her know how it is going."

Going back to our three ladies,

· Joe DiMaggio gave Marilyn Monroe a platinum eternity band with 35 baguette diamonds for her wedding ring in 1954.

· Elizabeth Taylor received two emerald cut eternity rings from Richard Burton: one for their first marriage in 1964 and one for their second marriage in 1975.

· Queen Letizia of Spain received a white gold eternity band with 16 diamonds from Prince Felipe of Spain in 2004.

So now you are on the eternity rings inside track and have fresh stuff for your cocktail party conversations.