How Prince Andrew's Titles Loss Means for Fergie, Princess Beatrice and Eugenie

The Duke's removal from the final remnants of royal life has not only reshaped his future - it's sending ripples through his family too.

Fergie's New Status

His ex-wife has now surrendered her ducal status and will simply be known as Sarah Ferguson.

For Ferguson, 66, the transition will be the most apparent.

Throughout this period, she has kept the courtesy royal post-marital designation Sarah, Duchess of York. Now, she returns to her birth name of Ferguson.

"She has lost a certain prestige over this," said one monarchy expert. "She certainly does use the title – even her social media profile is @TheDuchessSarah."

But the relinquishment of her status may impact her much less than the controversy she's dealing with independently about her own links with the convicted financier.

Recently, multiple organizations dropped her as ambassador after correspondence from 2011 showed that she referred to Epstein her "greatest ally" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him.

Professional Endeavors and Charity Work

Away from her philanthropy, Ferguson also has various business ventures.

And these ventures, are more probable to be affected by the Epstein controversy than any change in title, says one royal commentator.

But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in monarchical networks. She's kept bouncing back.

"She is the supreme perseverer and master of reinvention," commented one royal author.

The Princesses

For Andrew and Sarah's offspring, Beatrice, thirty-seven, and Eugenie, 35, there's no formal change.

They continue to be known as princesses, which they have been entitled to since birth.

Additionally there is no change to the royal succession order.

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

But in reality their positions are "distant" and will likely become much further down as time goes on.

Coming Opportunities

The princesses are also presently non-official royals, and while they do sometimes accept positions – Princess Eugenie was recently announced as a mentor for the monarch's charity network – experts also suggest they "don't envision a scenario" in which they would advance into official responsibilities.

"As far as Beatrice and Eugenie go, I think there's an appreciation of the reality that this controversy isn't about them, and it's unjust for it to affect them directly in the separate paths they are carving out for themselves," explains one royal commentator.

"The princesses are most unfortunate affected parties, they've had to endure quietly and have been dignified in their silence," adds another monarchy writer.

Ultimate Consequences

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

For a man who consistently enjoyed the royal privileges, the pomp and the ceremony, the loss of his titles is profoundly embarrassing.

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