The Queen has welcomed Angela Merkel at Windsor Castle as part of her official UK visit.
A grinning monarch greeted the German Chancellor after she spent part of the day at Chequers for talks with Boris Johnson amid concerns over plans to restrict travel to the EU.
The Prime Minister attempted fist and elbow bumps as he welcomed the German leader at the entrance to his country residence in Buckinghamshire on Friday afternoon, where travel restrictions are expected to be high on the agenda during their tete-a-tete.
Mr Johnson is meeting with his German counterpart as part of an international swan song before she steps down as Chancellor later this year.
Mr Johnson bounded out of the Chequers front door just as Mrs Merkel's convoy crunched up the gravel driveway on Friday afternoon.
He said: "Angela, how are you? Welcome." Mr Johnson then asked: "You've been here many times before?"
Mrs Merkel replied: "Twice."
Mrs Merkel is expected to address a virtual meeting of the Cabinet, the first foreign leader to do so since Bill Clinton in 1997, while the two leaders are set to discuss relations between London and Berlin.
Ahead of the visit, the Prime Minister said: "The UK and Germany have a steadfast friendship and a shared outlook on many issues.
"Our scientists, innovators and industrialists work together every day to make the world a better place.
"Over the 16 years of Chancellor Merkel's tenure the UK-Germany relationship has been re-energised and reinvigorated for a new era.
"And the new joint ventures we will agree today will leave a legacy that will last for generations."
