The 2015 arête royal states that the children and grandchildren of the monarch will be prince/ess of Belgium... In my understanding the offspring of the younger siblings of the Princess Elisabeth will be Prince/ess as they are grandchildren of King Philippe. However, their children will not be longer prince/ess as they are great-grandchildren of King Philippe. They may have now either the name de Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha or the title prince/ess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
The only great-grand children of King Philippe who will carry the title Prince/ess of Belgium will be the grandchildren of Princess Elisabeth.
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: So far, I have not seen the offical decree,
: but it sounds like they are only adopting
: the surname "de Saxe-Cobourg" and
: not the titles which they relinquished in
: WWI. I would think to re-assume the titles,
: they would need the permission of the head
: of the Ducal House of SC&G.
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: Were titles actually relinquished (according
: to the last laws of the house of Saxe-Coburg
: and Gotha, etc) or were their *use* merely
: discontinued? An important distinction!
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