7:31pm UK, Monday June 30, 2003

Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt are the world's most attractive celebrity couple, according to a new poll.

The Hollywood stars picked up nearly twice as many votes as their nearest rivals, David and Victoria Beckham.

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Other celebrity pairings to figure in the poll were Jamie and Louise Redknapp, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, and Olivier Martinez and Kylie Minogue.

But when it came to voting for the world's most romantic couple, Posh and Becks won hands down.

Aniston and Pitt came second, followed by wife Neil and Christine Hamilton.

Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills, who are expecting their first baby, also scored highly in the romance stakes, as did Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas.

But the Welsh actress and her Hollywood husband also appeared in an accompanying list of couples most likely to divorce.

That list was topped by Zoe Ball and Norman Cook, currently back together after a much-publicised split.

The marriage of Chris Evans and wife Billie was also deemed unlikely to go the distance.

The survey was commissioned by Sky One and coincides with a new series, called When Celebrities Attract, to be screened Tuesday at 9pm.