By Ryan Price

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US president Donald Trump has bid a formal farewell to the King and Queen at Windsor Castle after they hosted his historic second state visit. In the castle’s grand Green Corridor, Mr Trump gave a big grin baring his teeth as he stood next to the King, with the First Lady on the president’s other side, and the Queen next to Charles. Mr Trump said, prompting a large chuckle from the King: “I looked at the picture we took last night…But you were more serious than me…She (Melania) said ‘You’re smiling’ and I said ‘Yeah I like it when I smile”. The US leader and his wife Melania spent the night in the 1,000-year-old royal residence after being feted with a lavish state banquet and an array of military celebrations. The couple were saying their goodbyes to the monarch and Camilla on Thursday morning before Mr Trump headed to the Prime Minister’s country residence Chequers, ready to turn his attention to politics . The four posed for a joint photograph together in the atmospheric corridor which is lined with gilt edged historic paintings and antique furniture. Outside at the sovereign’s entrance, the King said a solo goodbye with Mr Trump shaking his hands warmly and placing his other hand on top. The president said “thank you very much, everybody. He’s a great gentleman and a great King”. The Windsor Castle detachment of The King’s Guard turned out in the Quadrangle outside to mark Mr Trump’s departure. Although Melania attended the official parting of ways, she is in fact staying behind to carry out joint engagements, first with Camilla, and then the Princess of Wales . She was joining the Queen for a tour of Queen Mary’s Doll’s House and the Royal Library in Windsor Castle. Trump arrived at Chequers at around 10.30am for talks with Sir Keir Starmer . The Prime Minister will present the US leader with a bespoke ministerial red box styled to take back to the White House, as well as showing him items from the Churchill archives. The two men will also meet investors including bosses from GSK, Microsoft and Rolls-Royce while Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will also have face-to-face talks.