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Most people have had a corking hangover or two in their lifetimes - sadly, unless you give up drinking altogether, they can't be avoided. There are many supposed ways to cure the effects of a big night the night before - but one of the best is to realise you're not alone in your misery.

- Gallery: Hungover celebs - Drunk celebs on the lash

There's something really comforting about coming into work the morning after the office Christmas party to find that those brave souls who have actually made it in are in a pretty bad way too.

So we've done the next best thing to surrounding you with similarly suffering friends and family - we've put together a gallery of celebs looking distinctly rough... and we reckon the pictures must have been taken the morning after the night before. Glad it's not just us who stagger to Starbucks, biting back the nausea and trying to suppress the army of goblins having a party inside our skulls...

Of course, the best thing about having a hangover is that no one can prove that you're not just tired or a bit ill - so apologies to any celebs who were simply looking a bit rough rather than hungover.

- Celebs looking ropey in the morning