Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends Bellevue Palace for a state banquet with Britain's King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. Ian Vogler/Pool via REUTERS 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends Bellevue Palace for a state banquet with Britain's King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. Ian Vogler/Pool via REUTERS 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, shakes hand with Britain's King Charles III, centre, and Camilla, the Queen Consort, during the State Banquet in Berlin, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Matthias Schrader/Pool via REUTERS 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, and Camilla, the Queen Consort, right, are pictured during the State Banquet in Berlin, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Matthias Schrader/Pool via REUTERS 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, his wife Elke Buedenbender, right, Britain's King Charles III, 2nd left, and Camilla, the Queen Consort, are pictured during the State Banquet in Berlin, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Matthias Schrader/Pool via REUTERS 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends Bellevue Palace for a state banquet with Britain's King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for a picture at Bellevue Palace for a state banquet with Britain's King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends Bellevue Palace for a state banquet with Britain's King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for a picture at Bellevue Palace for a state banquet with Britain's King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends Bellevue Palace for a state banquet with Britain's King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends Bellevue Palace for a state banquet with Britain's King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends Bellevue Palace for a state banquet with Britain's King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends Bellevue Palace for a state banquet with Britain's King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for a picture at Bellevue Palace for a state banquet with Britain's King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the winners of the Gulbenkian Prize, Anna Larigauderie and Hoesung Lee, attend a news conference ahead of the Gulbenkian Foundation award ceremony, in Lisbon, Portugal, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference ahead of the Gulbenkian Foundation award ceremony, in Lisbon, Portugal, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference ahead of the Gulbenkian Foundation award ceremony, in Lisbon, Portugal, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference ahead of the Gulbenkian Foundation award ceremony, in Lisbon, Portugal, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference ahead of the Gulbenkian Foundation award ceremony, in Lisbon, Portugal, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference ahead of the Gulbenkian Foundation award ceremony, in Lisbon, Portugal, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference ahead of the Gulbenkian Foundation award ceremony, in Lisbon, Portugal, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes 

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi speaks before Angela Merkel receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel speaks as she receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel speaks as she receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi speaks before Angela Merkel receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel sits in the audience ahead of receiving the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel sits in the audience ahead of receiving the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi helps Angela Merkel on stage as she receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel speaks as she receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel speaks as she receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel speaks as she receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel poses with the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Angela Merkel receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis, from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Pool 

Wooden smoker figurines named "Christian", "Annalena", "Olaf", and "Angela Merkel" are displayed at the workshop of wood art manufacturer Seiffener Volkskunst in Seiffen, Germany, September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel 

Wooden smoker figurines, named "Christian", "Annalena", "Olaf", and "Angela Merkel", are displayed at the workshop of wood art manufacturer Seiffener Volkskunst in Seiffen, Germany, September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel 

Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder and his wife Karin Baumuller-Soder, Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer pose as they arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder shakes hands with Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel as she arrives for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer are greeted by Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder as they arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel arrives for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder shakes hands with Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel next to her husband Joachim Sauer as they arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel arrives for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, her husband Joachim Sauer, Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder, his wife Karin Baumuller-Soder, Bayreuth's Mayor Thomas Ebersberger and his wife pose as they arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel arrives for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder and his wife Karin Baumuller-Soder, Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer pose as they arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder and his wife Karin Baumuller-Soder, Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer pose as they arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Anne Frank House's Executive Director Ronald Leopold speaks as former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visit the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during her visit to the Anne Frank House, with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in Amsterdam, Netherlands July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrive by boat to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool 

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Anne Frank House's Executive Director Ronald Leopold, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer visit the backyard of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool 

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Anne Frank House's Executive Director Ronald Leopold, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer visit the backyard of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer visit the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel writes in the guest book on Otto Frank's desk, during her visit to the Anne Frank House, in Amsterdam, Netherlands July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool