STRICTLY dancer Karen Hauer sent her ex’s engagement ring back after claiming it was never his to give away.
Jordan Wyn-Jones received £60 worth of H. Samuel jewellery.
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Karen Hauer sent her engagement ring back to her ex after claiming it was stolenCredit: BBC
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Jordan Wyn-Jones presented Karen with £60 worth of H. Samuel jewelery Credit: Getty
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The ring originally belonged to Jordan’s late mother, Anne
The couple revealed this week that they had split after just 16 months.
The ring originally belonged to Jordan’s late mother, Anne.
But his father Lee Williams claims the inheritance was taken without permission.
And he said he only knew it was gone when he saw photos of Karen and Jordan’s wedding on the cover of Hello! magazine.
Lee, 64, said: “That’s it – if she sent the ring back to him instead of me, I’ll never see it again. I completely understand where Karen is coming from. She got the ring and it was hers as far as she knows.
“I’m grateful that she returned it to Jordan, but it actually belongs to me – and it was taken from me without my permission.
“Jordan may be my son, but he had no right to take anything from me without asking.
“It’s not about money. It is a purely sentimental value. Some things money can’t buy.”
Lee – who claimed Karen was the THIRD woman Jordan proposed to with the ring – bought a gold ring with a single diamond for Anne 35 years ago.
He used her to propose while he was on vacation in Spain.
They got married in 1989 but separated in 2002.
She remarried, but died in 2003, aged 45.
After her death, her second husband returned the ring to Lee.
Dad-of-six Lee kept it in a box in his bedroom and believed it was still there until he saw Karen, 41, wearing it to Hello! magazine.
In an interview with the magazine, Karen said: “Jordan proposed with his late mother’s ring.
“I know it meant a lot to him that I had it. Since then, we’ve been remodeling it together so that it has the core of his mother’s ring, but also our touch.”
Fitness instructor Jordan and Lee had a falling out after he met Karen.
Tennis coach Lee, who runs a children’s charity in Nepal, did not attend their wedding last June.
He said: “I vividly remember buying it from H Samuel in Brighton – and it holds so many memories.
“Anne and I may have split up, but we had a great time and shared the children.
“That ring is extremely sentimental to me. And it’s probably only worth £1,900 now. If things had been different between me and Jordan, it could have had my blessing. But the truth is, it didn’t.”
Jordan was Karen’s third husband.
She was previously married to fellow former Strictly pro Kevin Clifton from 2015 to 2018.
Before that, she was married to former dance partner Matthew Hauer.
Karen’s representatives declined to comment.
Jordan did not respond to requests for comment.
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Dad Lee Williams claimed the inheritance was taken without permission
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Lee bought a gold ring with a single diamond for Anne 35 years ago Credit: 2022 Getty Images
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