The King has praised the accomplishments and legacy of the Windrush generation as "profound and permanent" in a book accompanying portraits commemorating some of those pioneers.
King Charles and Queen Camilla received the Windrush members at Buckingham Palace where the portraits were on show marking 75 years since their arrival in Britain from the Caribbean.
The paintings, commissioned by the King, were done by black artists and the exhibition is called Windrush: Portraits Of A Pioneering Generation.
Last week, the 10 Windrush individuals met with the royals at Buckingham Palace and were given a special preview of their paintings.
The King has said it is "crucially important" to recognise the "immeasurable" difference the Windrush generation made to Britain.
The ship Empire Windrush docked in England carrying 500 of the first wave of post-war Caribbean immigrants in June 1948 to help with the labour shortage.
But a scandal broke in 2018, when it emerged that many who made legitimate journeys to Britain had been wrongly detained, deported, and denied legal rights, despite having the right to live in the UK.
In the book, Charles said: "It is, I believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the Empire Windrush at Tilbury in June 1948 - only a few months before I was born - and those who followed over the decades, to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country.
"Though drawn from different parts of the world, they collectively enrich the fabric of our national life and the remarkable tapestry of the Commonwealth."
The King recognised their contributions in the World Wars and their part in rebuilding post-war Britain.
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The exhibition will be open to the public for the first time on 22 June at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
They will also feature on 500 billboards and 600 shopping centres across the UK.