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

Prince Andrew's removal from the last vestiges of royal life has not only reshaped his future - it's creating waves 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 Ferguson, sixty-six, the transition will be the most apparent.

Throughout this period, she has kept the courtesy royal divorcee title Sarah, York Duchess. Now, she reverts to her birth name of Ferguson.

"She will have lost a certain prestige over this," noted one royal commentator. "She definitely does use the title – even her social media profile is @TheDuchessSarah."

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

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

Business Ventures and Philanthropy

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

And these, too, are more probable to be impacted by the Epstein scandal than any change in title, says one royal commentator.

But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in monarchical networks. She's kept recovering strongly.

"She is the ultimate survivor and master of reinvention," commented one royal author.

The Daughters

For the couple's two daughters, Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, thirty-five, there's no formal change.

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

Additionally there is no modification to the royal succession order.

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

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

Coming Opportunities

Beatrice and Eugenie are also presently non-working royals, and while they occasionally take on roles – Princess Eugenie was recently named as a advisor for the King's Foundation program – commentators also suggest they "can't see a scenario" in which they would advance into royal duties.

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

"Their daughters are particularly unlucky affected parties, they've had to endure quietly and have been dignified in their reserve," 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 someone who always liked the trappings of royalty, the ceremony and the ceremony, the loss of his titles is deeply humiliating.

Therefore lacking those, on a individual basis, will significantly count.