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28 Pictures Of Angela Merkel's Awkward Visit To Britain (PICTURES)

Angela Merkel's Most Awkward Trip Yet?
The Huffington Post
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David Cameron pulled out all the stops to woo Angela Merkel during her visit to Downing Street this week.

The German chancellor gave a speech to both houses of parliament on Thursday and even had a chance to fit tea in with the Queen and as you would expect, it wasn't awkward at all.....

Angela Merkel Visit London
Angela Merkel arrives looking pretty frustrated(01 of28)
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Cameron does the official greet with a firm handshake, which doesn't impress Angela(02 of28)
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He moves in to sweeten Merkel's disappointment....(03 of28)
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Which worked a treat(08 of28)
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Things quickly got a bit tense on the couch before Angela's speech(09 of28)
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But Dave turned on the charm again(10 of28)
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Unfortunately it didn't last very long(11 of28)
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Nice one Dave!(13 of28)
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This trip isn't all that it's cracked up to be(14 of28)
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Meanwhile Miliband turned 'Red Ed' on Nick clegg(15 of28)
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Who got a right a telling off(16 of28)
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Ed tries to probe Dave for some answers before Angela's speech(17 of28)
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But he was having none of it(18 of28)
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Angela Merkel gets a personal standing ovation from John Bercow (19 of28)
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Which isn't received very enthusiastically (20 of28)
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Oh no! here comes the sad face again(21 of28)
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Which made this man very bored (22 of28)
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And caused a lot of confused faces...(23 of28)
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Not to mention some obvious disappointment (25 of28)
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But rest assured here are some fake smiles...(26 of28)
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And LOL's(27 of28)
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After all that fuss, Angela has tea with The Queen...which didn't seem to impress either of them!(28 of28)
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