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The Duke's removal from the final remnants of royal life has not only reshaped his future - it's sending ripples through his family too.

Fergie's New Status

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

For Ferguson, sixty-six, the transition will be the most apparent.

For all these years, she has kept the courtesy royal post-marital designation Sarah, Duchess of York. Now, she reverts to her maiden name of Ferguson.

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

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

Recently, several charities removed her as ambassador after an email from over a decade ago showed that she called Epstein her "greatest ally" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him.

Professional Endeavors and Philanthropy

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

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

But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in royal circles. She has continued bouncing back.

"She is the ultimate survivor and expert at transforming," commented one monarchy writer.

The Princesses

For Andrew and Sarah's two daughters, Beatrice, thirty-seven, and Eugenie, thirty-five, there's no formal change.

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

There is also no change to the royal succession order.

Andrew remains eighth in line to the throne, succeeded by his children Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth position respectively.

But in practice their positions are "distant" and will likely become much further down as time goes on.

Coming Opportunities

Beatrice and Eugenie are also presently non-working royals, and while they occasionally accept positions – The younger princess was recently named as a advisor for the King's Foundation network – commentators also say they "don't envision a scenario" in which they would advance into official responsibilities.

"As far as Beatrice and Eugenie are concerned, I think there's an appreciation of the fact that this scandal doesn't involve them, and it's unjust for it to impact them directly in the independent lives they are carving out 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 silence," states another monarchy writer.

Final Impact

In the end, there seems to be little doubt that the person who will be most affected by all of this will be Prince Andrew himself.

For a man who consistently enjoyed the trappings of royalty, the ceremony and the ceremony, the loss of his titles is profoundly embarrassing.

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