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

The Duke's removal from the final remnants of monarchical duties has not only altered his path - it's sending ripples through his family too.

Sarah Ferguson's Title Change

The former spouse has now lost her duchess title and will now be referred to as Sarah Ferguson.

For Sarah, 66, 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 maiden name of Ferguson.

"She has 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 scandal she's facing separately about her own connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

Recently, several charities dropped her as patron after an email from 2011 showed that she called Epstein her "supreme friend" 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 ventures, are more probable to be affected by the Epstein scandal than any change in title, says one royal commentator.

But Ferguson has been a great survivor in monarchical networks. She's kept bouncing back.

"She's the supreme perseverer and expert at transforming," said one royal author.

The Princesses

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

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

Additionally there is no modification to the royal succession order.

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

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

Future Prospects

The princesses are also currently non-official royals, and while they occasionally accept positions – Princess Eugenie was recently announced as a advisor for the monarch's charity network – experts 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 understanding of the reality that this controversy isn't about them, and it's not fair for it to impact them directly in the separate paths they are building for themselves," explains one monarchy analyst.

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

Final Impact

Ultimately, there seems to be minimal uncertainty that the individual who will be most impacted by all of this will be the Duke himself.

For someone who always liked the trappings of royalty, the pomp and the pageantry, the loss of his titles is profoundly embarrassing.

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