In Pictures: King and Queen join block party as state visit comes to end
Earlier the royal couple bid farewell to President Donald Trump before visiting Arlington Cemetery.
The King found time to party as his state visit to the US drew to an end and even brought some coronation quiche and Victoria sponge with him.
The block party in Front Royal, Virginia, saw residents taking part in a pot luck with guests bringing surprise ingredients and Charles and Camilla relied on some old royal favourites prepared at the UK embassy to win over the locals.
The event was a relaxed ending to a visit which, although formal, has produced moments of humour at a time when US-UK relations were becoming strained.
The King and Queen meet well-wishers during a community block party and pot luck celebrating America’s 250th ‘birthday’, in Front Royal, Virginia (Aaron Chown/PA)The King meets well-wishers (Aaron Chown/PA)The King in Front Royal, Virginia (Aaron Chown/PA)The King and Queen with Governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger (left), Mayor of Front Royal, Lori Athey Cockrell (2nd left) and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper (right) (Aaron Chown/PA)
The King and Queen had already paid their respects to fallen service personnel at Arlington Cemetery, leaving tributes at the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier.
The King, formerly a Royal Navy captain, wore his medals as he honoured the dead.
The King lays a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier (Saul Loeb/PA)Medals worn by the King during a visit the Arlington National Cemetery (Saul Loeb/PA)The King and Queen arrive to lay a wreath and posy (Saul Loeb/PA)The King and Queen lay tributes (Saul Loeb/PA)The King during a visit the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on day four of the state visit (Saul Loeb/PA)
The King and Queen had departed the White House with a farewell to President Donald Trump and first lady Melania.
The King taking his leave of President Trump (Samir Hussein/PA)US President Donald Trump (behind) and first lady Melania Trump (right) bid farewell to the King and Queen (Samir Hussein/PA)The royal couple with Donald and Melania Trump (Samir Hussein/PA)
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