Ish
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If he denounces his rightful place then the children are no longer children of an heir. The answer may not be so simple. If you have a source please post the link.
His children don't get their place in the succession entirely from him. They get it from being non-Catholic descendants of Sophia of Hanover through a legitimate line.
In the hypothetical world where William could denounce his place in the succession (which he can't; the only way to remove himself from the succession would be to convert to Catholicism) would just remove himself from the succession, not his children.
If he wanted to remove himself from the succession he legislature would have to be passed in, perhaps not all 16 realms but at least in the ones that had to pass the recent changes to the succession (I believe some realms felt it was enough that the UK pass it, but don't quote me on that). Likewise, if he were King all his realms would have to pass legislature to all him to abdicate - and then George would succeed.