The Duchess of Cambridge by numbers

From how many guests were at her 2011 wedding to the percentage of positive headlines about her
The Duchess at the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2020Samir Hussein / Getty Images

1

The number of pairs of shoes designed by Kim Kardashian in honour of Kate’s 30th birthday

3 hours

The time it took for a £15.99 black-and-white Zara dress to sell out after Kate was seen wearing it in January this year

4

Private flights taken on honeymoon to the Seychelles in 2011

The Duchess of Cambridge speaking to guests at the 'In Kind Direct' charity event at Clarence HousePaul Burns / Clarence House via Getty Images

21

charity patronages

45%

of headlines about Kate between May 2018 and January 2020 were positive in tone (47% were neutral and 8% were negative)

The Duchess of Cambridge in Galway wearing the McQueen coatPeter Morrison / Shutterstock

223%

rise in searches for Alexander McQueen online after Kate wore a coat by the label in Galway in March this year

1,201

The number of royal engagements Kate has undertaken since her marriage

The Royal Wedding in 2011Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool / Getty Images

1,900

guests were invited to the ceremony at Westminster Abbey - 650 were hosted at a lunch reception at Buckingham Palace

£78,000

The amount fetched at auction in 2011 for the Charlotte Todd dress worn by Kate at the St Andrews show in 2002

£23.7 million

The approximate cost of the wedding (the flower budget alone was estimated to be £800,000)

£4.5 million

The cost of the refurbishment of Apartment 1A of Kensington Palace, begun in 2011 (£2.1 million more than Frogmore Cottage for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2019)

24.7 million

UK television viewers tuned in to watch the royal wedding

£222 million

was spent on memorabilia in the run-up to the royal wedding