Britain's King Charles departed the United States on Thursday (April 30), wrapping up a four-day state visit.

Charles heads to Bermuda for his first visit as sovereign to the British territory that, unlike the U.S., has not obtained independence.

Queen Camilla was not seen with Charles at the departure at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

The official reason for the royal trip was to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. winning its independence from monarchy and British colonial rule, cueing multiple wry jokes from Charles in speeches to Washington's elite about his fourth great-grandfather George III being on the losing side of the American Revolutionary War.

But it was also designed to mend what Charles called in Tuesday's (April 28) state dinner with Trump an "unbreakable bond" and "indispensable alliance" between the two countries, lately strained by the U.K., alongside other European allies, declining to join the two-month-old U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.

It seemed to work. As enraged as he has been by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump told reporters at some length how fond he was of his "great friend" Charles the day after their dinner: "When you like the king of a country so much, it probably helps your relationship with the prime minister."

The royal trip has seen Charles draw smiles from lawmakers in the U.S. Congress to young Harlem school children at an urban farm in New York City. Among the biggest smiles of all came from Trump himself, as Charles revealed a gift for the president at Tuesday's White House reception: the original bell that hung from the conning tower of a Royal Navy submarine launched from a UK shipyard in 1944 and named HMS Trump.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES (APRIL 30, 2026)(REUTERS - Access all)

1. WIDE OF U.S. AND U.K. FLAG AT A RED CARPET WAITING FOR KING CHARLES TO ARRIVE FOR DEPARTURE TO BERMUDA

2. MARINE ONE CARRYING KING CHARLES ARRIVES AT JOINT BASE ANDREWS

3. VARIOUS OF KING CHARLES WALKING TO HIS PLANE

4. KING CHARLES WALKING ON RED CARPET TOWARD HIS PLANE

5. KING CHARLES WALKS UP STAIRS TO HIS PLANE AND TURNS AND WAVES GOODBYE

6. MILITARY MEMBERS HOLDING U.S. AND U.K. FLAGS WALK AWAY AS PLANE GETS READY TO DEPART

7. WIDE OF PLANE AND PEOPLE SEEN ROLLING UP THE RED CARPET

8. PLANE CARRYING KING CHARLES HAS WRITING ON IT THAT READS "UNITED KINGDOM" AS IT SLOWLY DRIVES ON RUNWAY TO TAKE OFF

9. KING CHARLES PLANE TAKES OFF AND HEADS TO BERMUDA