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Sunrise presenter Natalie Barr scolded journalist Joe Hildebrand when he appeared as a guest on the program on Wednesday.
The former Studio 10 host was speaking to Barr, 53, and Sea FM personality Bianca Dye about Prince Charles and Prince William, who recently backed climate action at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.
The trio were in the middle of discussing the royals' involvement in the talks when Hildebrand made a joke about people from Scotland.
Royal mistake! Sunrise presenter Natalie Barr (left) scolded journalist Joe Hildebrand (right) when he appeared as a guest on the program on Wednesday
'It’s good to see the Queen doing better than her namesake, Elizabeth I, and think about the future because as we all know, Elizabeth I's great failing - one of very few it has to be said - was to not produce an heir,' Hildebrand said.
He then made a controversial remark about Scottish people.
'Which meant that James VI from Scotland became James I from England and took over the British throne, and we all know what