Princess Cut Diamonds The Princess Cut Diamond was invented around the 1970's by Basil Watermeyer, of South Africa. This is the second most popular diamond shape. It makes sense, as even in our lives around the home and work the round and square shaped items are the most common and this has probably transpired into our taste in diamonds as well, as square and round are practical shapes. Princess cut diamonds are available as square, off-square, slightly rectangle and rectangle. The most popular versions are square and off-square and they don't technically have to be square to look square. Princess cut diamonds have a tendency to pick up plenty of light from underneath the setting. For a diamond which is rare or exceptional in colour like a G, F, E or D then it's best that the setting around and below the diamond is white, such as white gold or platinum. Search for Princess Cut Diamonds |