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Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Richard Burton and Liz Taylor, Kermit and Miss Piggy - celebrities have always known how to enthrall us with their glamorous love lives. Let's face it, we civilians can't afford to hire the Eiffel Tower or send love letters made of 18-carat gold to our significant others. But which high-profile sweethearts are making us green with envy these days? With Valentine's Day upon us again, DS takes a look at the some of the most romantic celebrity couples.
Relationship duration: Two years and 10 months
How they met: It's a closely guarded secret, but rumour has it Tom asked Katie to read for a movie after he took a shine to her in Dawson's Creek.
She says: "Tom makes me feel like the most beautiful woman in the world and has since the day I met him."
He says: "I'm in love! I'm in love!" (While leaping around Oprah's couch)
Most romantic gesture: The whole sofa-jumping malarkey was more wacky than romantic, but Tom redeemed himself by popping the question on a special after-hours visit to the Eiffel Tower. He said at the time: "I wanted a place where any time Katie saw that place, it would remind her of us and that night."
Relationship duration: 25 years.
How they met: Sharon worked as a receptionist for her dad Don Arden, who was the manager of Ozzy's heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
She says: "He's a legend. I admire him and I love him."
He says: "She's not allowed to die before me. I couldn't live without her."
Most romantic gesture: The couple renewed their vows in front of 100 guests to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in 2002.
Relationship duration: About two years and 10 months.
How they met: On the set of 2005 movie Mr and Mrs Smith.
She says: "Brad is a supportive friend and a great father. And he is very romantic. We talk very deeply about how we feel."
He says: "Angelina is my love, my partner and the mother of my children."
Most romantic gesture: Brad once sent Angie a pendant with a miniature envelope containing an 18-carat gold mini love letter and a picture of their adopted son Pax. What did the letter say? "I find you in the morning sky, in the sound of children's laughter, in the motion of every stirring wind. I love you, Brad."
Relationship duration: Nearly nine years.
How they met: At a French film festival in 1998. He wooed her with the line: "I'd like to father your children."
She says: “I fell in love with my husband at first sight and I still feel the same way. I’ll never get divorced, never.”
He says: "From the moment I met Catherine and we formed our family, I was a new man, very different from the one I used to be. This is the result of my everyday life with her, of the intense love we have for each other."
Most romantic gesture: Michael proposed in Aspen on Millennium Eve and sweetened the deal with a £2m antique diamond ring. As if that wasn't enough, the lovebirds even have the same birthday (albeit 25 years apart).
Relationship duration: Nearly 25 years.
How they met: While working at Granada Television during the 1980s. Both were in unhappy first marriages and embarked on an affair.
She says: "Richard is the love of my life."
He says: "We're attracted to each other and always have been."
Most romantic gesture: Richard once made Judy a "miniature fountain" and put it under the family Christmas tree. She opened it to find two airline tickets for a long weekend in Rome.
