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The requirement isn't a prerequisite, it has to be fulfilled throughout the entirety of the action. And since what gives cover is conditional to the person targeting this can be true for one and not for another.
To put it another way, raise a shield has a requirement that you are wielding a shield. If you remove your shield or it breaks before the start of your turn you do not benefit from raise a shield until the start of your next turn even though raise a shield states that this is the duration of the effect. This is because you no longer meet the requirements.
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I am playing remaster version, 2nd Ed. Some goblins are using their turn to attack from corners and large stone tables that give standard cover, they then take cover (standard to total cover)and stealth to gain hidden. 3-actions.
What happens when a player moves to a position where they technically aren’t behind an object any longer and have a straight on view at the goblin I am pretty sure the hidden is gone, but what about the cover bonus… by the rules he has cover until his next turn, but is it downgraded to +2 or is there a separate rule that makes the cover completely gone?
The Hide action states that if at any point after being hidden, you lose Cover/Concealment from the creature you hid from you're immediately Observed.
Adjudicating Cover is very clear: you only get Cover against someone if a line drawn from the center of the viewer's square to the center of the target's square passes through the object in question.
So in your example, if your player moves so that the stone tablets are no longer between him and the goblin, the goblin loses all cover and, having lost all cover, they also immediately become Observed and cease to be hidden.