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Prince Andrew's removal from the last vestiges of monarchical duties has not only reshaped his future - it's sending ripples through his family too.

Sarah Ferguson's Title Change

The former spouse 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 divorcee title Sarah, Duchess of York. Currently, she returns to her maiden name of Ferguson.

"She has lost a bit of cachet over this," noted one monarchy expert. "She definitely utilizes the title – even her Twitter bio is @TheDuchessSarah."

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

Recently, multiple organizations removed her as ambassador after an email from 2011 revealed that she called Epstein her "greatest ally" and appeared to express regret for her public criticism of him.

Business Ventures and Charity Work

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

And these, too, 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's the supreme perseverer and expert at transforming," commented one monarchy writer.

The Princesses

For the couple's two daughters, Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, 35, there's no official alteration.

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

Additionally there is no modification to the line of succession.

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

But in reality their positions are "low down" and will probably become even more remote as time goes on.

Coming Opportunities

The princesses are also presently non-working royals, and while they do sometimes accept positions – Princess Eugenie was recently announced as a mentor for the monarch's charity program – commentators also suggest they "don't envision a scenario" in which they would advance into royal duties.

"Regarding Beatrice and Eugenie are concerned, I think there's an appreciation of the fact that this controversy doesn't involve them, and it's unjust for it to impact them directly in the separate paths they are building for themselves," explains one royal commentator.

"The princesses are particularly unlucky affected parties, they've had to suffer in silence and have been dignified in their silence," states another royal author.

Ultimate Consequences

In the end, there seems to be minimal uncertainty that the person who will be most impacted by all of this will be Prince Andrew himself.

For a man who always liked the royal privileges, the pomp and the pageantry, the relinquishment of his honors is profoundly embarrassing.

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