(From left) Lisa (Lalisa Manoban), Rose (Roseanne Park), Jisoo Kim and Jennie Kim, from the K-Pop band BLACKPINK pose with their Honorary MBEs, Members of the Order of the British Empire, awarded to them in recognition of the band's role as COP26 advocates for the COP26 Summit in Glasgow 2021, in London, on Nov 22, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

LONDON - King Charles on Wednesday presented K-Pop band BLACKPINK with honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire medals in the presence of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol during his state visit to the United Kingdom, Buckingham Palace said.

The quartet – Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rose – chatted, laughed and took photographs with the British monarch as he presented the medals.

Britain's King Charles III reacts as he talks members of K-Pop band Blackpink, from left, Roseanne Park, Jisoo Kim, Jennie Kim and Lalisa Manoban, following a special investiture ceremony to present them with Honorary MBEs (Member of the Order of the British Empire), at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov 22, 2023, on the second day of the South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's three-day state visit to the UK. (PHOTO / AFP)

"It's amazing you're still talking to each other after all these years," King Charles jokingly said to the band at the ceremony.

"I hope I shall be able to see you perform live at some point".

BLACKPINK received the MBEs in recognition of the bank members' role as COP26 Advocates for the United Nations climate summit held in Glasgow in 2021, Buckingham Palace said.

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(From left) Lisa (Lalisa Manoban), Jennie Kim, South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol, King Charles III, first lady of South Korea Kim Keon-hee, Rose (Roseanne Park), and Jisoo Kim pose for a photo following a special investiture ceremony to present the members of the K-Pop band Blackpink with Honorary MBEs, Member of the Order of the British Empire, at Buckingham Palace, in London, on Nov 22, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

BLACKPINK made history in July, becoming the first K-pop group to headline a major UK music festival and took to the stage at the BST Hyde Park summer festival in central London in front of a crowd of 65,000 for a sold-out concert.

Since their debut in 2016, BLACKPINK has become one of the most successful girl groups in the world, breaking records such as becoming the most subscribed to music artists on YouTube.