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German Chancellor Angela Merkel sat down at a ceremony to welcome Denmark's prime minister, a day after she was seen shaking in public for the third time in three weeks.

Mrs Merkel, 64, looked relaxed as she sat next to Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen in Berlin on Thursday, as the two countries’ national anthems played.

The “chair precaution” – as it has been labelled on social media – comes just hours after the chancellor trembled uncontrollably when standing to meet Finnish prime minister Antti Rinne at the same spot.

Responding to continued speculation over her health, Mrs Merkel blamed the incidents on her first shaking episode in mid-June.

The chancellor was first seen trembling violently on June 18, when she met visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

At the time, she blamed the episode on the 28C heat, and later said she felt better after drinking some water.

Less than ten days later, she appeared unsteady alongside German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at an indoor event in Berlin.

Mrs Merkel and has insisted she is in good health, and that the issue is psychological rather than physical.

Following Wednesday’s incident, the 64-year-old said she was "working through" the bouts of shaking, adding that she "will have to live with it for a while" but “there's nothing to worry about”.