Iluvbertie
Imperial Majesty
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No, I mean when are we’re going to get a letters patent on their title of prince or princess?
Given how close we are to the birth - about two months to go - it is highly unlikely that Her Majesty is going to issue such LPs.
She issued them for William and Kate's children, largely because the first born, regardless of gender would be the future monarch and it would look bad if the first child had been a girl but born Lady Charlotte Mountbatten-Windsor while a second born was a son who would have been born HRH Prince George of Cambridge. She had to make a decision, remove HRH from all the Cambridge children, give it to all the Cambridge children or let the status quo exist. She chose to give HRH from birth to all the children of the future King.
She appears to be taking the view that the children of the spare don't warrant that distinction. Harry is now 6th in the line of succession and at his highest was the same place as Edward was at his highest so having Harry's children follow Edward's example makes sense - Lord and Lady for Harry's children during her reign.