See Kelly Clarkson's Other Big Ring
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02/08/2013 at 10:32 AM ET
He put a ring on it twice! Kelly Clarksons fianc Brandon Blackstock proposed in December, but her canary yellow diamond engagement ring wasnt the only dazzler he had in store.
For Christmas, Blackstock, 36, surprised Clarkson, 30, with a replica of a ring once owned by Jane Austen. A huge fan of the 19th-century English novelist, Clarkson bought the original ring at an auction in London but has been unable to bring it home.
They claimed it as a national treasure and I cant take it out of the United Kingdom, she explains. Behind my back, Brandon was trying to get that ring out of the country as my engagement ring. He was trying to work with my lawyer and they wouldnt do it.
Instead, Blackstock asked Beverly Hills jewelry designer Johnathon Arndt, who made Clarksons engagement ring, to create a replica of the Austen ring.
It looks just like [the original] except he embellished the gold with diamonds, says the singer, who wore the ring during her performance at the presidential Inauguration in January. Im such a hopeless romantic, she says. Obviously Im a Jane Austen fan!
Read much more about Clarkson and Blackstocks engagement including details on that other ring in her PEOPLE cover story, on stands today. Tell us: What do you think of Clarksons romantic ring from her fianc?
Michelle Tauber