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

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

Sarah Ferguson's New Status

The former spouse has now surrendered her ducal status and will now be referred to as Sarah Ferguson.

For Sarah, 66, the change will be the most apparent.

For all these years, she has kept the courtesy royal divorcee title Sarah, Duchess of York. Currently, she returns to her maiden name of Ferguson.

"She will have lost a certain prestige over this," noted one monarchy expert. "She definitely does use the title – even her social media profile is @TheDuchessSarah."

But the relinquishment of her status may affect her much less than the controversy she's facing separately about her own connections to the convicted financier.

Last month, several charities dropped her as patron after correspondence from over a decade ago showed that she called Epstein her "supreme friend" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him.

Business Ventures and Charity Work

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

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

But Ferguson has been a great survivor in monarchical networks. She's kept bouncing back.

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

The Daughters

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

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

There is also no change to the line of succession.

The prince stays eighth in line to the throne, followed by his children Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth position respectively.

But in reality their standing are "distant" and will likely become much further down as years pass.

Coming Opportunities

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 suggest they "can't see a world" in which they would advance into official responsibilities.

"Regarding Beatrice and Eugenie go, I think there's an appreciation of the fact that this scandal isn't about them, and it's unjust for it to impact them personally in the independent lives they are carving out for themselves," says one royal commentator.

"Their daughters are particularly unlucky affected parties, they've had to suffer in silence and have been composed in their silence," adds another royal author.

Final Impact

Ultimately, there appears to be little doubt that the individual who will be most impacted by all of this will be Prince Andrew himself.

For someone who consistently enjoyed the royal privileges, the ceremony and the ceremony, the relinquishment of his honors is profoundly embarrassing.

Therefore lacking these, on a personal level, will really matter.