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Prince Andrew's removal from the final remnants of royal life has not only altered his path - it's creating waves through his immediate relatives too.

Sarah Ferguson's Title Change

His ex-wife has now lost her duchess title 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, York Duchess. Currently, she returns to her maiden name of Ferguson.

"She will have lost a certain prestige over this," noted one royal commentator. "She certainly does use the title – even her Twitter bio is @SarahTheDuchess."

But the loss of her title may impact her much less than the controversy she's dealing with independently about her own connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

Last month, multiple organizations dropped her as ambassador after an email from over a decade ago revealed that she referred to Epstein her "supreme friend" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him.

Professional Endeavors and Charity Work

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

And these ventures, are more likely to be impacted by the Epstein scandal than any change in title, notes one royal commentator.

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

"She's the ultimate survivor and master of reinvention," said one monarchy writer.

The Daughters

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

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

There is also no modification to the royal succession order.

Andrew remains eighth position to the crown, followed by his children Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth position respectively.

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

Coming Opportunities

Beatrice and Eugenie are also presently non-official royals, and while they occasionally accept positions – Princess Eugenie was recently announced as a mentor for the King's Foundation network – commentators also say they "don't envision a scenario" in which they would advance into official responsibilities.

"Regarding Beatrice and Eugenie go, I think there's an appreciation of the fact that this controversy isn't about them, and it's not fair for it to affect them personally in the independent lives they are building for themselves," says one monarchy analyst.

"Their daughters are particularly unlucky victims, they've had to suffer in silence and have been dignified in their reserve," states another monarchy writer.

Final Impact

In the end, there seems to be minimal uncertainty that the individual who will be most affected by these developments will be the Duke himself.

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

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