Royal wedding by the numbers

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FOUR: Vows Kate Middleton will reciteFOUR (and counting?): Facebook fan pages dedicated to Kate Middleton's engagement ringMINUS 1: Buckingham Palace guards working during the wedding1,900: Guests invited to the royal weddingFIVE: Carriages that will transport William, Kate, the wedding party and the family22: Chefs who will prepare food for 600 guests2 billion: Potential worldwide audience for William and Kate's wedding10: Years since William and Kate first met15: Previous royal weddings at Westminster Abbey$265,000: Estimated value of Kate's engagement ringEIGHT: Members of the royal wedding partyZERO: Wedding rings for WilliamFIVE AND A HALF: Hours of live streaming coverage on BBC America8,000 TV, radio reporters and support staff flocking to London for the wedding695 (and counting): Tweets from the Westminster Abbey Twitter500: Number of days that transpire during the course of the royal wedding movie screenwriters' last film$33.25: Cost in U.S. dollars for a bottle of Prince William Champagne2,066: Population of Kate Middletons hometown, Bucklebury$1,000: Approximate price of a last-minute plane ticket from Los Angeles to London13: Number of times Princess Diana met with Prince Charles before their wedding

Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, who wrote the 2009 romantic comedy-drama (500) Days of Summer (pictured), <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/sony-pictures-acquires-royal-wedding-pitch/">have reportedly sold</a> a movie pitch with a royal wedding theme.

500: Number of days that transpire during the course of the royal wedding movie screenwriters' last film

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Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, who wrote the 2009 romantic comedy-drama (500) Days of Summer (pictured), have reportedly sold a movie pitch with a royal wedding theme.

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