Why Meghan Markle isn’t wearing her engagement ring while on royal tour

As fans of the royal family are no doubt aware, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are currently on a royal tour of South Africa.

The 10-day tour, their first  as a family-of-three, kicked off at a township just outside of Cape Town on Monday. But eagle-eyed fans have noticed that the Duchess of Sussex has been photographed without her engagement ring or her eternity ring during engagements on the tour. However, she still appears to be wearing her Welsh gold wedding band - and, on Tuesday, was spotted with a gold-and-turquoise ring. The 38-year-old's recently-redesigned engagement ring is made up of three large stones: a diamond from Botswana, with two smaller ones from Princess Diana's collection. Earlier this year, the band was made thinner - and a number of small gemstones were added. The eternity ring was first publicly seen during June's Trooping the Colour, and is thought to have been a push present from Prince Harry.

Engagement ring ✔️? Wedding ring ✔️?? Eternity ring ✔️??#MeghanMarkle ❤️ pic.twitter.com/1QkOklDEz3

— ?????? (@meghmarkle) June 9, 2019

An insider told Hello  that the reason the Duchess isn't wearing the rings is because she is keen to be "low key" while doing Emet and greets with members of the public. It comes as eagle-eyed fans noticed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were wearing matching bracelets as they kicked off the tour on Monday. The couple's bracelets carried a very special meaning - and you can read more about that here.