King Charles presents K-pop girl group 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.
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00:00 King Charles presents K-pop girl group BLACKPINK with honorary member of the Order of the British
00:06 Empire medals in the presence of South Korean President Yoon Seok-yool during his state
00:10 visit to the United Kingdom.
00:12 At the ceremony, King Charles jokes with the girls and says he hopes he'll be able to see
00:17 them perform live someday.
00:19 Buckingham Palace says BLACKPINK received the MBEs in recognition of the band members'
00:23 role as COP26 advocates for the United Nations Climate Summit, held in Glasgow in 2021.
00:30 BLACKPINK made history in July becoming the first K-pop group to headline a major UK music
00:35 festival.
00:36 The girls performed at the BST Hyde Park Summer Festival in central London in front of a crowd
00:41 of 65,000 for a sold-out concert.
00:44 Since their debut in 2016, BLACKPINK has become one of the most successful girl groups in
00:49 the world.
00:49 [Music]