Why Princess Charlotte's future children won't be given royal titles
They both have official royal titles but while Prince George’s future children will also have royal status, Prince Charlotte’s children are unlikely to become princes or princesses.
“Royal titles are inherited through sons, so if Princess Charlotte has children they would not automatically inherit the titles HRH, Prince, or Princess,” Lucy Hume, associate director of etiquette experts Debrett's, explained to Town & Country.
This is the case with the Queen’s daughter 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.
However, there’s always exceptions to the rule as seen with Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex's children Lady Louise and James, Viscount Severn.
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.”
Although Charlotte’s future children won’t automatically inherit a royal title, Prince William and Kate’s daughter won’t be overtaken in the line of success, even if the new baby is a boy.
A law change in 2013 before the birth of George means that male members of the royal family are no longer given preference.