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

Prince Andrew's removal from the last vestiges of royal life has not only reshaped his future - it's sending ripples through his immediate relatives too.

Fergie's Title Change

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

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

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

"She has lost a bit of cachet over this," said one royal commentator. "She definitely utilizes the title – even her social media profile is @SarahTheDuchess."

But the loss of her title may impact her much less than the scandal she's facing separately about her own connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

Recently, several charities dropped her as patron after an email from over a decade ago revealed that she called Epstein her "greatest ally" and seemed to apologise for her public criticism of him.

Professional Endeavors and Charity Work

Separate 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, says one monarchy analyst.

But Ferguson has been a great survivor in royal circles. She has continued recovering strongly.

"She is the supreme perseverer and expert at transforming," commented one monarchy writer.

The Princesses

For the couple's offspring, Beatrice, thirty-seven, and Eugenie, 35, there's no official alteration.

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

There is also no modification to the line of succession.

The prince stays eighth in line to the throne, succeeded 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 much further down as years pass.

Coming Opportunities

The princesses are also presently non-official royals, and while they do sometimes accept positions – The younger princess was recently announced as a advisor for the King's Foundation network – commentators also say they "can't see a world" in which they would step up into royal duties.

"As far as Beatrice and Eugenie are concerned, I think there's an appreciation of the fact that this controversy doesn't involve them, and it's not fair for it to affect them directly in the independent lives they are building for themselves," explains one royal commentator.

"The princesses are particularly unlucky victims, they've had to endure quietly and have been composed in their reserve," states another monarchy writer.

Final Impact

In the end, there seems to be little doubt that the individual who will be most impacted by all of this will be the Duke himself.

For someone who consistently enjoyed the royal privileges, the pomp and the ceremony, the relinquishment of his honors is deeply humiliating.

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