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X, a private individual, holds a certificate of title for a 2-hectare parcel described as Alienable and Disposable Lands, located within a proclaimed forest reserve. The title was issued in 1990. In 2005, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources reclassified the area as forest land not subject to disposition. X continues to possess and develop the land as his private property. Which statement best reflects the Regalian doctrine and its impact on X's title?

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E) The State may expropriate the land from the private owner with due process and just compensation. F) The owner may continue to possess and use the land in accordance with forest laws but may not alienate it. A) The patent is void ab initio since lands of the public domain cannot be alienated to private individuals; the State may cancel and revert the land. D) The reclassification as forest land does not affect a title that was previously issued for alienable and disposable land.

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