Beating Obamas, Gates and Kardashian-West, Prince William and Kate Middleton have been named as the world's most influential couple.
David and Victoria Beckham have notched the second place, closely followed by the Queen and Prince Philip of Edinburgh in a poll of 2,000 Brits, the Mirror reports.
The fourth and fifth position was grabbed by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and the Obamas respectively.
Behavioural psychologist and relationship coach Jo Hemmings opined that power couples need to be strong for each other, both in good and bad times.
It is said that the study was conducted to celebrate the new 'Muppets series', kicking off from tomorrow on Sky1, in which power couple Kermit and Miss Piggy broke up.
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