THE English creator of the acclaimed series Succession aimed a jibe at the new King as he scooped the top prize at the Primetime Emmy Awards.
While accepting the award for best drama, Jesse Armstrong - who was also honoured for his writing on the series - appeared to have a pop at the UK having an unelected head of state.
He said: "Big week for successions. New king in the UK. This, for us, evidently a little bit more voting involved in our winning than Prince Charles."
The joke was not well received by the American audience as people groaned at his remark.
Scot Brian Cox, one of the leading stars of the series, also said sarcastically during the speech: "Keep it royalist, keep it royalist."
Cox has previously said the monarchy should be abolished when the Queen dies.
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He said in 2020 the "whole bloody shooting match" should be scrapped while adding that the Queen was an "amazing woman".
"But when she’s gone, the whole bloody shooting match should go, I really think so", the 76-year-old said at the time.
Armstrong, 51, added: "I’m not saying that we’re more legitimate in our position than he is. We’ll leave that to other people.”
Other award winners included football sitcom Ted Lasso, which landed the outstanding comedy prize.
Since the Queen's death last Thursday the future of the monarchy has been up for debate in Scotland, with a few republicans making their views known at the Queen's coffin procession in Edinburgh this week.
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A poll revealed last year the people of Scotland would likely vote to keep the British monarch as the head of state after independence.
The research conducted by Panelbase for the Sunday Times found that 47% of Scottish adults would vote to keep a royal head of state.
This was compared to the 35% who said they would favour an elected head of state, such as the presidency system in use in Ireland.
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