REVEALED: Meme that sparked HILARIOUS response from Theresa May and Angela ...

Prime Minister Theresa May travelled to Brussels on Wednesday to meet with EU leaders after she requested an extension to Britain’s departure from the Brussels bloc. Mrs May was filmed joking with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and president of the European Council Donald Tusk just moments before delivering a Brexit speech to her EU counterparts. In the footage, the Prime Minister and Mrs Merkel both begin laughing at something on a tablet.

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The pair then share the joke with EU officials and then the president of the European Council, before Mr Tusk is seen bursting out with laughter.

BBC’s Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg tweeted: “IPAD NEWS! the gag was apparently a side by side pic of May and Merkel taking questions in their own parliaments this afternoon, wearing the same colour of jacket..... #brexitbantz, kind of”.

As she arrived at the EU summit, Mrs May was asked if she was “embarrassed” about having to ask for an extension.

The Prime Minister said: “I know many people will be frustrated that the summit is taking place at all because the UK should have left the EU by now.

Theresa May and Angela MerkelBrexit news: Theresa May appeared to share a joke with Angela Merkel (Image: EPA)

The purpose of this summit is to agree an extension

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