'He's a great king,' says Trump as he bids farewell to King Charles and Queen Camilla

Summary

King Charles has departed the US after a four-day state visit comes to a close
President Donald Trump earlier called him "the greatest king in my book", as he said farewell to the King and Queen at the White House
The official goodbye showed the pair's different approaches, our royal correspondent writes - Trump was happy to chat in front of the camera, while the King seemed less enchanted
On their last day in the US, the royals met locals in the town of Front Royal in Virginia - the King also laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery
The King's plane will be heading to Bermuda - a British overseas territory, where he is head of state

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Edited by Oliver O'Connell and Brandon Livesay

King and Queen conclude their US tourpublished at 22:04 BST 30 April
From holding lambs and viewing beehives to ceremonial welcomes and an address to Congress, It's been a busy few days in the US for King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
Here's a brief recap of the royal couple's official state visit.
- They began today at the White House where President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump gave an official farewell to the royal couple
- They then attended a local block party in a small Virginia town called Front Royal, where they were greeted by crowds of cheering onlookers before attending community and agricultural festivities in the town square to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
- The King then went on to visit Shenandoah National Park while the Queen visited a farm to learn more about horse racing in the US
- On Wednesday, the royal couple visited New York City, where they paid tribute at the 9/11 Memorial before the King went on to visit an urban farm in Harlem and the Queen attended a literary event
- Their Tuesday was spent in DC, where they were greeted by the president and first lady, the King addressed Congress, and the pair attended a state dinner
Now, they are on their way to Bermuda, and we are ending our live coverage.
You can read more about their visit in our news story here.
A busy final day in the US for the Kingpublished at 21:55 BST 30 April
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The King and Queen started their day with a visit to the White House, where President Trump and the first lady bid them farewell
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From there, the royal couple visited the Arlington National Cemetery, where King Charles laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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The royal couple then attended a block party in the small town of Front Royal, Virginia
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The King's final stop was Shenandoah National Park, where he greeted park officials and Native American tribal leaders. He also unveiled two stones meant to represent a connection between the Scottish Highlands and Blue Ridge Mountains
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He departed from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland

King boards flight to Bermudapublished at 21:28 BST 30 April
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King Charles III arrives via helicopter to Joint Base Andrews for his flight to Bermuda.
After shaking hands with members of the military and US delegation, the King walks along a red carpet, flanked by rows of honour guardsmen and the flags of the UK and the US, soundtracked by a military band playing drums and trumpets.
He then climbs the stairs into the plane.
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A ceremonial farewell awaits the Kingpublished at 21:22 BST 30 April
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Military personnel await the arrival of the King and Queen for their departure from Joint Base Andrews

Before departing, King takes in some scenic viewspublished at 21:06 BST 30 April
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The King stands with park officials at Shenandoah National Park, taking in the views of the Blue Ridge Mountains
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He also takes a moment to catch up with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum
King Charles unveils commemorative stones to represent US-UK connectionpublished at 21:01 BST 30 April
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While at Shenandoah National Park, King Charles unveiled two commemorative stones, one from the royal family's Balmoral Castle in Scotland and another from the Appalachian Mountains.
The stones are meant to represent a renewed partnership between the two countries and the "shared geological history" between the mountain range and the Scottish Highlands, which were once connected.
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Queen visits stablespublished at 20:48 BST 30 April
As the King tours Shenandoah National Park, Queen Camilla is visiting Smitten Farm in Virginia to learn more about horse racing in the US.
She is meeting veterinarians, breeders, and researchers as well as some horses.
The Queen is also meeting members of the US Jockey Club.
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Queen Camilla looks at a horse as she visits Smitten Farm in The Plains, Virginia, on the final day of the state visit.
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Smitten Farm manager Hunter Marek with daughter Violet Marek walk with Queen Camilla
King meets indigenous tribal leaderspublished at 20:29 BST 30 April
Joining the King at the national park are members of the Monacan Indian Nation, whose ancestral lands encompass what is now Shenandoah National Park.
Here he's pictured meeting tribal chief Diane Shields, 78, tribe elder Bertie Branham, 83, and the director of Monacan Indian museum Sue Elliott.
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At national park, King joins swearing-in for newest junior park rangerspublished at 20:14 BST 30 April
While visiting Shenandoah National Park, King Charles attends the swearing-in ceremony for a group of junior park rangers.
He also meets US National Parks Service officials and parks employees.
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King meets a bald eagle on last stop before leaving USpublished at 20:02 BST 30 April
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The King came face-to-beak with US's national bird at Shenandoah National Park
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He was greeted by US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and his wife Kathryn
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He also met with a parks employee who showed him a 3D map of the park

King arrives at Shenandoah National Parkpublished at 19:56 BST 30 April
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Meanwhile in Virginia, the royal motorcade has arrived at Shenandoah National Park.
Here, the King will meet officials from the US National Parks Service.
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Trump says he will remove some whisky tariffs 'in honour' of King and Queenpublished at 19:55 BST 30 April
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In a post on Truth Social, Trump says that he will remove some tariffs on whisky "in honor of the King and Queen of the United Kingdom".
In the post, he writes: "I will be removing the Tariffs and Restrictions on Whiskey having to do with Scotland’s ability to work with the Commonwealth of Kentucky on Whiskey and Bourbon, two very important Industries within Scotland and Kentucky.
"The King and Queen got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking! A wonderful Honor to have them both in the U.S.A."
- Read more: Trump to lift some whisky tariffs after King's visit

After clog dancing and lambs, King and Queen departpublished at 19:40 BST 30 April
Sean Coughlan
Royal correspondent, reporting from Front Royal
The clog dancers of the Bull Run Cloggers put on their own royal variety show.
Their royal audience watch for a while, having posed for cute photos with lambs. It’s all one big photo opportunity really, but Front Royal’s people are loving their moment in the sun.
The King does a couple of walkabouts, shaking hands with enthusiastic crowd members. He’s very good at that type of easy chat and it seems to energise him.
Then the King and Queen get back into another vast convoy of oversized black cars and roll away, sirens wailing.
For this trip, job done.
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King Charles shakes hands with a woolly friendpublished at 19:31 BST 30 April
King Charles got to meet a newborn lamb during the block party - actually a Welsh-origin Kerry Hill sheep which are being bred in Virginia.
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Queen buys Girl Scout cookiespublished at 19:28 BST 30 April
Queen Camilla made a stop at a stand for the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, youth organisations that teach kids life skills and leadership skills.
The Girl Scouts sell cookies every spring to raise money for their scouting activities like camping.
The scouts are wearing their traditional uniforms of brown and green vests.
The Queen gave the girls some cash for the cookies which appears to be the Girls Scouts' famous thin mint cookies (or biscuits).
King and Queen bring coronation quiche to Virginia block partypublished at 19:16 BST 30 April
Daniela Relph
Senior royal correspondent
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The coronation quiche was the official dish of the King's coronation, which the Palace described as "a deep quiche with a crisp, light pastry case and delicate flavours of spinach, broad beans and fresh tarragon"
It is an American tradition that all guests at a block party bring food, and royal visitors are no exception.
The King and Queen's culinary contributions will include a coronation quiche - from a recipe created to mark the King’s Coronation in 2023.
Like all good traditional British teas, there will be a Victoria sponge cake filled with cream and jam and also honey from the royal hives as a gift.
Not all of this has come in from the UK, some of it has been cooked up this week at the British Embassy in Washington.

Royals take a moment to watch the marching bandpublished at 19:12 BST 30 April
In the midst of enjoying the block party, the King and Queen also took a moment to watch the marching band perform and wave to cheering crowds.
They was joined by Virginia officials and UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper.
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King and Queen take in the sights and sounds of an all-American block partypublished at 19:05 BST 30 April
Sean Coughlan
Royal correspondent, reporting from Front Royal
There are cheers from the crowd as the King and Queen appear in Front Royal.
They meet a group of young baseball players and then watch a marching band. Full on razzamatazz.
In this slice of small town America they go on to meet a group of uniformed veterans.
Next, they check out some honey - presumably grown in regular hives rather than the Trumps’, which is shaped like the White House.
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King Charles and Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger survey the food options laid out at the block party
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The King and Queen also watched a clog dancing performance

Marching band and a parade of vintage carspublished at 19:04 BST 30 April
The King and Queen Camilla are now watching a parade go down Main Street.
Several marching bands and cheer groups have passed as have a parade of vintage cars as the royals continue to wave at the crowds.
Front Royal Mayor Lori Athey Cockrell and Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger are accompanying the visiting royals.
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King Charles and Queen Camilla walk with Mayor of Front Royal Lori A. Cockrell
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Festive atmosphere as King greets local residentspublished at 18:57 BST 30 April
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The King greets the Front Royal Little League baseball team
The King and Queen are greeting residents of Front Royal now. They are accompanied by Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger.
The royals are greeted by a local youth baseball team, veterans, and the town's first responders.
The King waves at the crowd and some can be heard chanting: "Hip hip hooray!"