The Royal Wedding in Numbers

The Royal Wedding in Numbers How long is that Dress? 8ft Princess Kate 16.5t Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden 20ft Queen Sofia of Spain 25ft Diana, Princess of Wales Royal Wedding Cakes Prince Charles and Diana, Queen Elizabeth Princess of Wales + made by McVitie and Price Ltd. + 27 wedding cakes + weighed 500lbs + official wedding cake being supplied by the Naval Armed Forces + stood at a grand nine-foot tall Prince William & Kate Middleton + took 14 weeks + bottom layer took 12 hours to bake + represents about 16 different blooms and types of foliage on the cake, each + with a different symbolic meaning Queen Victoria and Prince Albert (1840) + 900 sugar-paste flowers + alternate wedding cake was a chocolate biscuit cake made by McVities to a Royal Family recipe and is Prince William's favorite. + 300 pounds + measured three yards in circumference Who was invited to William and Kate's wedding? 1900 people invited to the service at Westminster Abbey people invited to the lunchtime reception at 600 Buckingham Palace given by The Queen 300 people invited to the dinner at Buckingham Palace given by The Prince of Wales The first recorded Royal balcony appearance took place in 1851, when Queen Victoria stepped onto it during celebrations for the opening of the Great Exhibition. The royal couple served Winston Churchill's favorite bottle of champagne: a non vintage Pol Roger that retails for $50. Over £200 million in souvenirs is expected to sell including condoms, sickness bags, and fake nails with Kate's face on it. There'll be just one wedding ring. Willy has opted out of the wedding band tradition and will most likely keep his Facebook relationship status vague as well.. The Alexandra Hotel in Derby was a royal wedding-free oasis for drinkers who wanted to escape the monarchist. The words "royal" and "wedding" were banned, with anyone who uttered them having to donate to a "swear box". William & Kate $60 million TOTAL COSTS 28 29 AGE ON WEDDING DAY $400k 2 billion ESTIMATED WORLDWIDE COST OF WEDDING DRESS TELEVISION AUDIENCE Charles & Diana $110 million TOTAL COSTS 32 20 AGE ON WEDDING DAY $45k ESTIMATED WORLDWIDE COST OF WEDDING DRESS TELEVISION AUDIENCE 750 million "figures are adjusted for inflation SOURCES hetpoleymag.com/dailyfashion/2010/06/wedish Mtpwww.bbc.co.ok N .princess victorias wed ttplwww.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknewseyalwedding477vsaReyalwedding-trivia-s0fascinating facts- aboutKate-Midetonand-Prince Willams-big-day.html hetplwww.youtube.com/usen/TheReyalChannel hetpllwww.officialroyalwedding2011.org/blog/ hetplwww.digitalspy.co.uk/showbia/news/e1095ahe-reyal-wedding in-numbershtml hetplwww.newsoftheworld.co.uk/netwnewswillsand kate/128720sew-secret The-250-dress.html Datingsites.org [sam]