Emmerdale actor Mark Charnock won the award for best Serial Drama after a surprise message of support from King Charles III.
The ITV soap will be celebrating their 50th anniversary in just a few days and ahead of their milestone NTA presenter Joel surprised the case with a message from the King.
In a lengthy pre-recorded clip, King Charles spoke about how Important the ITV soap was and praised show bosses for keeping it similar to the original after all these years.