How the Duke's Removal of Titles Means for Sarah Ferguson, Beatrice and Eugenie

Prince Andrew's exit from the last vestiges of royal life has not only altered his path - it's creating waves through his family too.

Fergie's Title Change

The former spouse has now lost her duchess title and will simply be known as Sarah Ferguson.

For Ferguson, sixty-six, the transition will be the most apparent.

For all these years, she has maintained the honorary royal post-marital designation Sarah, Duchess of York. Now, she reverts to her maiden name of Ferguson.

"She will have lost a bit of cachet over this," said one royal commentator. "She definitely utilizes the title – even her Twitter bio is @TheDuchessSarah."

But the relinquishment of her status may affect her much less than the controversy she's facing separately about her own links with Jeffrey Epstein.

Recently, multiple organizations dropped her as ambassador after an email from 2011 revealed that she referred to Epstein her "supreme friend" and appeared to express regret for her public criticism of him.

Business Ventures and Charity Work

Away from her charitable activities, Ferguson also has multiple commercial enterprises.

And these, too, are more probable to be impacted by the Epstein controversy than any change in title, notes one monarchy analyst.

But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in monarchical networks. She has continued recovering strongly.

"She is the supreme perseverer and master of reinvention," commented one monarchy writer.

The Princesses

For Andrew and Sarah's two daughters, Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, thirty-five, there's no official alteration.

They continue to be referred to as royal princesses, which they have been entitled to since their birth.

Additionally there is no change to the line of succession.

The prince stays eighth in line to the crown, followed by his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth position in that order.

But in practice their positions are "distant" and will probably become much further down as years pass.

Future Prospects

The princesses are also presently non-working royals, and while they occasionally accept positions – The younger princess was recently announced as a advisor for the monarch's charity program – experts also say they "can't see a scenario" in which they would step up into royal duties.

"As far as Beatrice and Eugenie go, I think there's an understanding of the reality that this controversy doesn't involve them, and it's unjust for it to affect them personally in the independent lives they are carving out for themselves," says one monarchy analyst.

"The princesses are most unfortunate victims, they've had to endure quietly and have been composed in their silence," adds another royal author.

Ultimate Consequences

In the end, there seems to be minimal uncertainty that the person who will be most affected by all of this will be the Duke himself.

For a man who always liked the royal privileges, the pomp and the pageantry, the relinquishment of his honors is deeply humiliating.

Therefore lacking those, on a individual basis, will really matter.