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The Duke's removal from the last vestiges of monarchical duties has not only reshaped his future - it's creating waves through his immediate relatives too.

Sarah Ferguson's Title Change

The former spouse has now surrendered her ducal status and will simply be known as Sarah Ferguson.

For Ferguson, 66, the transition will be the most apparent.

For all these years, she has kept the courtesy royal divorcee title Sarah, York Duchess. Now, she returns 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 @SarahTheDuchess."

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

Recently, multiple organizations removed her as ambassador after correspondence from 2011 showed that she referred to Epstein her "greatest ally" and seemed to apologise for her public criticism of him.

Professional Endeavors and Philanthropy

Separate from her charitable activities, Ferguson also has various business ventures.

And these ventures, are more probable to be impacted by the Epstein scandal than any change in title, says one monarchy analyst.

But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in monarchical networks. She has continued bouncing back.

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

The Daughters

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

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

Additionally there is no change to the royal succession order.

The prince stays eighth in line to the throne, followed by his children Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth position respectively.

But in practice their standing are "low down" and will likely become even more remote as years pass.

Future Prospects

The princesses are also currently non-working royals, and while they do sometimes take on roles – The younger princess was recently announced as a mentor for the King's Foundation program – commentators also suggest they "can't see a world" in which they would step up into royal duties.

"As far as Beatrice and Eugenie are concerned, I think there's an understanding of the fact that this scandal doesn't involve them, and it's not fair for it to impact them personally in the independent lives they are building for themselves," explains one monarchy analyst.

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

Ultimate Consequences

In the end, there appears to be minimal uncertainty that the individual who will be most affected by these developments will be Prince Andrew himself.

For a man who consistently enjoyed the royal privileges, the ceremony and the pageantry, the loss of his titles is deeply humiliating.

Therefore lacking those, on a individual basis, will really matter.