An exquisite ring is at the centre of a mystery over Oscar winner Rami Malek's break-up with The Crown's Emma Corrin.
It is understood the pair split quietly around the time Rami's specially designed ring for Emma would have been ready.
It is not clear if it was intended to be an engagement ring or simply a symbol of Malek's devotion to the English star, 29, who won both a Golden Globe and a Critics' Choice Television award in 2021 for playing Princess Diana in the hit Netflix series.
The Mail on Sunday revealed that American Rami, 43, who won his Oscar for playing Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, and Emma had parted after two years. Sources say he commissioned and paid for the 'special ring' last summer.
He is said to have worked with 'an illustrious jeweller' to design the love token 'to mark his commitment to Emma'.
A source added: 'He was besotted with Emma and wanted to take their relationship to the next level.' What happened to the ring remains a mystery.
The couple have not commented on their separation and, despite several appearances together on the red carpet at premieres, they have been notoriously private about their relationship. Rami said only that he found Cambridge-educated Emma 'fascinating', while she declined to speak about their romance at all during a magazine interview last year.
They were first spotted together at a Bruce Springsteen concert in London in July 2023, just a few months after Rami had broken up with Lucy Boynton, 31, his co-star in the Queen biopic.
As their romance developed, they were seen kissing at a restaurant in Kent, England, where Emma owns a home.
They reportedly moved in together after buying a £5million (€5.8m) mansion in Hampstead, north London.
It is not clear whether Emma or Rami, who went on to play Bond villain Lyutsifer Safin in No Time To Die, still live in the house or if they plan to sell it.
She is busy filming the Netflix adaptation of Pride And Prejudice, playing heroine Elizabeth Bennet opposite Slow Horses actor Jack Lowden as Mr Darcy.
Rami is in the justreleased spy drama The Amateur, playing a CIA decoder out for revenge after terrorists kill his wife, and is also set to appear in Nuremberg, a drama about the Nazi war trials, as US psychiatrist Douglas Kelley. The film also stars Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon and One Day star Leo Woodall.
