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Prince Andrew's removal from the final remnants of royal life 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 Sarah, sixty-six, the change will be the most visible.

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 will have lost a bit of cachet over this," noted one royal commentator. "She certainly utilizes the title – even her Twitter bio is @SarahTheDuchess."

But the loss of her title may impact her much less than the controversy she's dealing with independently about her own links with the convicted financier.

Last month, multiple organizations removed her as patron after an email from over a decade ago showed that she called Epstein her "supreme friend" and appeared to express regret for her negative comments of him.

Professional Endeavors and Philanthropy

Separate from her philanthropy, Ferguson also has various business ventures.

And these ventures, are more likely to be affected by the Epstein controversy than any alteration in status, says one royal commentator.

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

"She is the supreme perseverer and expert at transforming," said one monarchy writer.

The Daughters

For Andrew and Sarah's offspring, Beatrice, thirty-seven, and Eugenie, thirty-five, there's no official alteration.

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

There is also no change to the line of succession.

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

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

Future Prospects

The princesses are also presently non-official royals, and while they occasionally accept positions – The younger princess was recently named as a advisor for the King's Foundation program – experts also say they "don't envision a world" in which they would step up into official responsibilities.

"Regarding Beatrice and Eugenie go, I think there's an appreciation of the reality that this controversy doesn't involve them, and it's not fair for it to impact them personally in the separate paths they are building for themselves," says one royal commentator.

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

Ultimate Consequences

In the end, there seems to be little doubt that the person who will be most impacted by these developments will be the Duke himself.

For a man who always liked the royal privileges, the pomp and the ceremony, the loss of his titles is deeply humiliating.

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