Amanda Holden upgrades £40k engagement ring for ‘£200k super sparkler’ as a gift from hubby Chris
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AMANDA Holden has shown off her new fancy piece of bling, which has seen her upgrade her engagement ring. The Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden has been spotted stepping out after Christmas with an engagement ring that appears significantly more expensive than her original ring.
![[The BGT star has upgraded her engagement ring for a sparklier diamond]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/instagram-amanda-holden-noholdenback-3d-961551470.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
Holden has been married to Chris Hughes, a record producer, since 2008 and they have two daughters together, Alexa and Hollie. In February 2011, Amanda lost their baby son Theo when he was stillborn at seven months. Hughes originally gave Holden an engagement ring worth approximately £40,000, but the star's new bling appears to be worth five times more.
![[Holden married husband Chris Hughes in 2008, and she has two children with him.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-bring-joy-love-x-961551355.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
Diamond expert Zack Stone, of Steven Stone Jewellers, told The Mail on Sunday that Holden’s new ring will have cost in the region of £200,000. He explained: "The oval ring with yellow gold band and platinum head with hidden halo looks to be six to seven carats in size and the cost likely to be £200,000.".
![[A jewellery expert estimates Holden has swapped her £40k ring for a £200k one instead]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/amanda-holden-husband-chris-hughes-792542506.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
He added that her original ring wouldn't have been worth even a quarter of the new one as he added: "That was a two-and-a-half carat, emerald-cut ring roughly around £40,000.". Holden first met Hughes in 2003 in Los Angeles, but they did not start dating until 2004.
![[The couple met in 2003, getting married five years later in 2008]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/www-instagram-com-p-c-925702601_bb3527.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
Chris was formerly the director of YMU, a showbiz agency which managed Amanda and her Britain's Got Talent co-host Simon Cowell. Yet after reported financial losses by YMU, Chris stepped back from the role. The pair wed on December 10, 2008, at St Margaret's Church in Somerset.
