Beyoncé re-gifts ring given to her by Jay-Z to a museum

Listen, we’ve all known for a while that Beyoncé is a name that’ll appear in history books for years to come. 

But, now a piece of her jewellery is sitting alongside that of history’s other female MVPs — Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, and the Empress Josephine. 

Beyoncé rather generously donated a butterfly ring given to her as a gift by Jay-Z to London’s Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum. 

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The “papillon ring” — designed by London-based jeweller Glenn Spiro a.k.a. “G”—is formed of titanium wings, encrusted with green tsavorites, and surrounded with diamondsAccording to the Guardian, the ring is “one of a number of G pieces Beyoncé owns, mostly gifted by Jay-Z”. Read more…

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