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

The Duke's removal from the last vestiges of royal life has not only altered his path - it's sending ripples through his family too.

Sarah Ferguson's Title Change

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

For Sarah, sixty-six, the change will be the most apparent.

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

"She will have lost a bit of cachet over this," noted one monarchy expert. "She certainly does use the title – including her Twitter bio is @TheDuchessSarah."

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

Last month, several charities removed her as ambassador after correspondence from 2011 showed that she called Epstein her "greatest ally" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him.

Professional Endeavors and Charity Work

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

And these ventures, are more likely to be impacted by the Epstein scandal than any alteration in status, says one monarchy analyst.

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

"She is the ultimate survivor and master of reinvention," commented one royal author.

The Princesses

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

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

Additionally there is no modification to the royal succession order.

Andrew remains eighth in line to the crown, followed by his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth place in that order.

But in reality their standing are "low down" and will likely become even more remote as time goes on.

Coming Opportunities

The princesses are also currently non-working royals, and while they occasionally accept positions – Princess Eugenie was recently named as a mentor for the monarch's charity network – experts also say they "can't see a scenario" in which they would step up into official responsibilities.

"Regarding Beatrice and Eugenie are concerned, I think there's an understanding of the fact that this scandal isn't about them, and it's not fair for it to affect them personally in the separate paths they are carving out for themselves," says one monarchy analyst.

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

Ultimate Consequences

Ultimately, there appears to be little doubt that the person who will be most affected by these developments will be the Duke himself.

For a man who consistently enjoyed the trappings of royalty, the ceremony and the pageantry, the loss of his titles is deeply humiliating.

So to not have those, on a personal level, will really matter.