There has been considerable concern that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s two children, Archie and Lilibet Diana, may not acquire their royal titles.

However, royal historian Robert Lacey is skeptical that Prince Charles, who has long been dedicated to restructuring the British royal family in order to reduce the number of working royals, would make such a “unpopular” and “hostile” move affecting his grandchildren Archie and Lili.

The offspring and grandchildren of the king have an automatic right to adopt the designation HRH—His or Her Royal Highness—and the title of prince or princess under a statute enacted by King George V in 1917. This implies that if Prince Charles becomes King, Archie and Lili will be able to take on those titles.

Though there is still speculation about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s two children’s status and standing within the royal family, royal historian Robert Lacey believes Charles will follow tradition and grant prince or princess titles to all of his grandchildren when he ascends to the throne.

“I don’t think he will make the unpopular and hostile move of removing the royal status of his grandchildren,” Lacey said.

“…the grandchildren of the sons of any such sovereign in the direct male line (save only the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales) shall have and enjoy in all occasions the style and title enjoyed by the children of dukes of these our realms.”

It remains to be seen if Archie and Lili will one day assume royal titles.

“It’s not our decision to make,” she said. “Even though I have a lot of clarity of what comes with the titles good and bad … that is their birthright to then make a choice about.”

Joe Little, the managing editor of Majesty magazine, previously informed the outlet that the issue of titles for Archie and Lilibet is entirely up to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. “As the grandchildren of the Sovereign, they have the right to be upgraded to the style of His or Her Royal Highness,” he explained. “But that begs a question of whether Harry and Meghan want that. Do they prefer what [Prince] Edward and Sophie have, and not have their children as Their Royal Highnesses with a view to them leading relatively normal lives?” Princess Eugenie also recently eschewed the designation for her first born, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, preferring to give him a more “ordinary life.”

During Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s shocking interview with Oprah Winfrey in March, the pair disclosed that there had been discussions inside the Palace about stripping their children, Archie and Lili, of their royal titles.

“They [the Royal Family] were saying they didn’t want him to be a Prince or a Princess,” Meghan said in the interview. “You know, the other piece of that convention is, there’s a convention – I forget if it was George V or George VI convention – that when you’re the grandchild of the monarch, so when Harry’s dad becomes King, automatically Archie and our next baby would become Prince or Princess, or whatever they were going to be… But also it’s not their right to take it away.”

While Prince Charles is unlikely to disrupt this long-standing custom, historian Lacey believes the future king will concentrate his efforts on elevating his wife’s royal title. Buckingham Palace previously stated that Prince Charles’ wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is expected to inherit the title of Princess consort when he ascends to the throne. Charles, according to Lacey, may try to make her Queen. Of course, all we can do is wait and watch!