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Even Mother Nature herself sat back and watched the Royal Wedding this morning. The forecast called for rain, but as Princess Catherine, or officially Catherine, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge (as I will only refer to her from now on) stepped out of her Rolls Royce, the sun came out to greet her. Twas a grand undertaking, but let’s take a look at how grand, and how many grands, were actually involved.

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- 2 billion, the global estimated audience watching the ceremony

- 750 million, the global audience for Prince Charles and Princess Diana‘s wedding 30 years ago

- 2.4 million, number of people live streaming the wedding

- 330,000, number of simultaneous streams, a new online record

- 1 million, estimated crowd of people lining London’s streets

- 2200, capacity of Westminster Abbey

- 1900, the number of guests crowded into Westminser Abbey

- 650, number of guests invited to Buckingham Palace for a post-reception lunch with the Queen

- 300, number of guests invited to the after party hosted by Prince Charles

- 100 million, pints of beer served over the wedding period

- $34 million, cost of the Royal Wedding

- £620 million, estimated amount of money the Royal Wedding will pump into the British economy

- 1,034,284,000, that amount in US dollars

- £50 million, revenue earned from Royal Wedding merchandise

- 83,410,000, that amount in US dollars

- 2.1 million, Royal Wedding  tweets over the past week

- 1.1 million, tourists visiting London for the occasion

- 8000, number of security cameras covering the wedding

- 5000, number of police officers on duty

- 10,000, number of flowers decorating Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey

- 140, tons of waste expected to be cleaned from the wedding procession route

- 187, number of horses that marched along the wedding procession route

- 29, the age of the eldest, non-divorced bride to marry into the royal family, i.e. Kate Middleton

- 18, the number of carats of the royal engagement ring that once belonged to Prince William’s mother Princess Di

- $398,000, estimated cost of said engagement ring

Link Love: The Epoch Times, ABC News, MSNBC, The Hollywood Reporter