Austen worshipers in Britain are celebrating today at news that the Jane Austen's House Museum has raised enough money to keep Austen's ring in the U.K.. That means singer Kelly Clarkson, the firstAmerican Idol winner, can't take possession of the gold-and-turquoise bauble she bought at auction last year and hoped to wear as her engagement ring.
British media are reportingwith some glee that Clarkson has been "thwarted" in her desire to take the ring to the USA, after the Austen museum announced it had raised more than 157,000 pounds (about $248,000) to meet the conditions of the export ban slapped on the ring by the British government.
"The museum has raised enough cash to buy the ring and save it for the public in the U.K.," crowed The Guardian.
Clarkson was gracious in defeat. "The ring is a beautiful national treasure and I am happy to know that so many Jane Austen fans will get to see it at Jane Austen's House Museum," she said in a statement. jane-austens-ring-stays-in-uk
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