Okay this is my first real 'opinion' rather than just playing devil's advocate. Putting on my CJ Cregg hat, if I was an advisor, the minute I heard The Sussex's were expecting I'd sit down with the Queen and this would be the scene...
"Ma'am, I strongly urge you to re-write the LP's to say that starting from this birth all grandchildren on the Monarch are automatically granted HRH unless specifically refused by their parents,"
All grandchildren in paternal line of a British Sovereign are already automatically granted HRH under the LPs of 1917, so I don't see why any change would be necessary or why anyone would have that kind of discussion with the Queen.
I suppose someone could argue with the Queen that the rules should be changed though to give equal treatment to grandchildren in paternal and maternal line in consonance with the new succession rules in the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, but I guess that is not what you had in mind.
Luckily, there was no legalized segregation of people of color in the United Kingdom in 1917 or in the 1960s and, of course, slavery was abolished in the British Empire over 30 years before emancipation in the United States. I don't see why the history of racial relations in the United States (a country that legally severed its ties to the British Crown in 1783) should be taken into consideration in the rules that govern royal titles and styles in the UK, which BTW never included any race-based criteria."Why?" Her Majesty would reasonably ask.
"Ma'am, if you don't, someone, somewhere could and likely would say that this child isn't given it because of his ethnic makeup."
Possibly Her Majesty would say "But that's untrue, and ridiculous. The rules were made in 1917."
"That's correct ma'am. However, in 1917 people of color were lynched in the US and couldn't even use the same lavatory until the late 60's. Someone will bring it up, and the only way not to have a horse in that race, is to cancel the race. This is the world we live in now."
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