How Prince Andrew's Removal of Titles Signifies for Sarah Ferguson, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie

Prince Andrew's removal from the last vestiges of monarchical duties has not only altered his path - it's creating waves through his family too.

Sarah Ferguson's Title Change

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

For Sarah, 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 birth name of Ferguson.

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

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

Recently, multiple organizations removed her as ambassador after an email from 2011 showed that she called Epstein her "supreme friend" and appeared to express regret for her negative comments of him.

Professional Endeavors and Charity Work

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

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

But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in royal circles. She has continued recovering strongly.

"She is the ultimate survivor and master of reinvention," commented one monarchy writer.

The Princesses

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

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

There is also no modification to the line of succession.

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

But in reality their standing are "distant" and will probably become even more remote as years pass.

Coming Opportunities

The princesses are also currently non-official royals, and while they occasionally take on roles – The younger princess was recently named as a advisor for the monarch's charity program – experts also say they "don't envision a world" in which they would step up into official responsibilities.

"As far as Beatrice and Eugenie are concerned, I think there's an appreciation of the fact that this controversy isn't about them, and it's unjust for it to impact them personally in the independent lives they are building for themselves," says one royal commentator.

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

Ultimate Consequences

Ultimately, there seems to be minimal uncertainty that the person 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 relinquishment of his honors is profoundly embarrassing.

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