Revealed: Why Princess Charlotte’s future children are unlikely to be given official royal titles - but her brother Prince George’s offspring WILL have HRH status

Expert says Charlotte's children will not be automatically be given royal titles
This is because royal titles are inherited through sons, and not daughters
Princess Anne's children Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips do not have HRH status

Published: 12:02 GMT, 9 October 2017 | Updated: 13:58 GMT, 9 October 2017

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They both have official royal titles, as third and fourth in line to the throne.

But while Prince George's future children would also have HRH status, any children that Princess Charlotte has are unlikely to be princes or princesses.

An expert has revealed Charlotte's future offspring would not be automatically be given royal titles - because these are inherited through sons, not daughters.

This is the case with Princess Anne's children Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips, who do not have HRH status, while Prince Andrew's daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, do.

Princess Charlotte's future children are unlikely to be princes or princesses, while Prince George's offspring would be

Speaking to Town & Country, Lucy Hume, associate director of etiquette experts Debrett's, explained: 'Royal titles are inherited through sons, so if Princess Charlotte has children they would not automatically inherit the titles HRH, Prince, or Princess.'

However, exceptions can be made, as seen with Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex's children Lady Louise and James, Viscount Severn.

It was announced when Edward and Sophie married that their offspring would not have HRH status, as a 'clear personal wish' of the couple.

Meanwhile, the Queen did offer to give royal titles to the Princess Royal's Mark Phillips' children.

Lucy Hume, associate director of etiquette experts Debrett's, explains that this is because royal titles are inherited through sons, not daughters. George's future children therefore would have HRH status

Ms Hume explained: 'The monarch may offer to bestow a royal title upon his or her daughter's children.

'For Peter and Zara Phillips, the Queen offered to give them a royal title when they were born, but Princess Anne and Captain Phillips opted to decline this offer.'

While Charlotte's children will not automatically become princes or princesses, the young royal will not be overtaken in the line of succession - even if the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have another boy.

This is because a law change in 2013 before the birth of George means that male members of the royal family are no longer given preference.

Princess Anne's children Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips do not have official royal titles. However, the Queen did offer to give them HRH status when they were born

As the children of Prince Andrew, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie do have HRH status

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