How the Duke's Titles Loss Signifies for Fergie, Beatrice and Eugenie

The Duke's exit from the last vestiges of royal life has not only altered his path - it's creating waves through his immediate relatives too.

Fergie's Title Change

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

"She will have lost a bit of cachet over this," noted one royal commentator. "She certainly does use the title – including her social media profile is @TheDuchessSarah."

But the loss of her title may affect her much less than the scandal she's dealing with independently about her own links with the convicted financier.

Recently, several charities dropped her as ambassador after an email from 2011 revealed that she referred to Epstein her "greatest ally" and seemed to apologise for her public criticism of him.

Professional Endeavors and Philanthropy

Separate from her philanthropy, Ferguson also has multiple commercial enterprises.

And these ventures, are more probable to be affected by the Epstein scandal than any alteration in status, notes one monarchy analyst.

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

"She is the supreme perseverer and expert at transforming," commented one royal author.

The Daughters

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

They will still be known as royal princesses, which they have been granted since their birth.

There is also no modification to the royal succession order.

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

But in practice their standing are "distant" and will likely become even more remote as time goes on.

Coming Opportunities

The princesses are also presently non-working royals, and while they occasionally accept positions – The younger princess was recently announced as a mentor for the King's Foundation program – experts also suggest they "don't envision a scenario" 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 impact them directly in the separate paths they are building for themselves," says one royal commentator.

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

Final Impact

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

For someone who always liked the royal privileges, the ceremony and the ceremony, the loss of his titles is deeply humiliating.

So to not have these, on a personal level, will significantly count.