-- Peak number of U.S. households tuned in to CNN's coverage of Princess Diana's Sept. 6 funeral: 4 MILLION
-- Number tuned in to CNN's coverage of Mother Teresa's Sept. 13 funeral: 540,000
-- Estimated number of Americans who watched a live broadcast of Diana's funeral: 33 million
-- Number of people who attended Diana's funeral in Westminster Abbey: 2,000
-- Number of A-list Hollywood celebs inside the abbey: 4 (Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman, Steven Spielberg)
-- Number of hours after fatal Aug. 31 Paris car crash it took celebs to complain about paparazzi: APPROXIMATELY 3 (Cruise called CNN in Atlanta)
-- Number of stars who invoked Diana's name during the MTV Video Music Awards: 7 (Puff Daddy, Madonna, LL Cool J, Chris Rock, Elton John, and two Spice Girls)
-- Time it took Bernie Taupin to rework Elton John's ''Candle in the Wind'': 90 MINUTES
-- Worldwide sales figures for ''Candle in the Wind 1997'': MORE THAN 34 MILLION COPIES
-- Copies sold per hour in the U.S. during the single's first week of sale, ending Sept. 28: 20,833 (according to SoundScan) Per second: 5.8
-- Number of rock stars who publicly criticized John's musical eulogy: 2 (Keith Richards and Noel Gallagher)
-- Number of albums with the words Diana and Tribute in the title currently available: 4
-- Number of hours in 1997 A&E dedicated to Diana before her death: 1 Since: 21
-- Stories in 1997 mentioning Diana in The Wall Street Journal before her death: 10 Since: 63
-- Number of times ''People's Princess'' appears in newspaper headlines since her death: 236 (according to Nexis database)
-- Cost of one-year membership in ''adults only'' website featuring photos of the crash: $16.95
-- Number of memorial Web pages dedicated to Diana retrieved through Yahoo!: 105
-- Number of memorial pages dedicated to Kurt Cobain: 6
-- Number of people who've responded to a pledge not to buy a tabloid for one year on a Diana memorial website: 20,000
-- Number of dresses on display in the worldwide ''Exhibition of the Dresses of Diana, Princess of Wales'': 16
-- Number of tickets sold during exhibit's first stop in Tampa: 9,761
-- Estimated 20-day gross in Tampa: $100,000
-- Estimated value of Christmas card signed by Diana: $8,000
-- Estimated value of Christmas card signed by Jackie Onassis: $300-400
-- Estimated number of U.S. companies currently offering Princess Diana collectibles: 36
-- Sales of $350 limited-edition Diana memorial porcelain roses offered by New Jersey-based Boehm galleries: 2,000
-- Sales of $350 limited-edition Dodi al Fayed memorial Egyptian lotuses by Boehm: 300
-- Number of countries that issued commemorative stamps for Diana's 21st birthday in 1982: 54 Since her death: 27
-- Estimated number of ad campaigns delayed or scrapped due to Diana's death: 9 (foremost, a Sarah Ferguson Weight Watchers ad noting that dieting is harder than ''outrunning the paparazzi'')


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