By the numbers: The royal wedding

The royal wedding, by the numbers:

• Around 600 guests were invited to the service on Saturday, per The Sun.
• 2,640 other guests — members of the public — have been invited to participate in the celebration on Windsor grounds.
• Meghan's ring weighs an estimated 6.5 carats, Time reports.
• If the ring has perfect diamonds, it could cost between $300,000-$350,000. If the diamonds used are mid-range, it's likely closer to $35,000-$40,000.
• $3.5 million is being spent by the municipal government in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to clean up litter, "pigeon-proofing statues and fixing potholes in the borough's roads, among others things," CNN reports.
• More than 100,000 people will be in Windsor, the New York Post's Page Six reports.
• Over 30,000 signatures are on a petition demanding that the government disclose how much taxpayer money is being put towards the event, CNBC reports.

• There has been a 50% surge in searches for trips to London between May 11 and May 21, per Time.
• Locals are trying to get out: there was a 98% surge in searches for trips out out London.
• Hotel prices in Windsor are up 11%; towns in the surrounding area saw a 45% spike in searches.
• The first ever African-American presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church will be giving the address at the wedding, Michael Bruce Curry from Chicago.