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Prince Andrew's removal from the final remnants of monarchical duties has not only reshaped his future - it's creating waves through his family too.

Sarah Ferguson's New Status

His ex-wife has now lost her duchess title and will now be referred to as Sarah Ferguson.

For Ferguson, 66, the change will be the most visible.

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," said one royal commentator. "She certainly utilizes the title – even her Twitter bio is @SarahTheDuchess."

But the relinquishment of her status may impact her much less than the controversy she's facing separately about her own connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

Last month, several charities dropped her as patron after an email from over a decade ago revealed that she called Epstein her "greatest ally" and appeared to express regret for her public criticism of him.

Business Ventures and Charity Work

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

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

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

"She's the supreme perseverer and expert at transforming," commented one monarchy writer.

The Princesses

For Andrew and Sarah's two daughters, Beatrice, thirty-seven, and Eugenie, 35, there's no formal change.

They continue to be referred to as princesses, which they have been entitled to since their birth.

There is also no modification to the line of succession.

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

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

Coming Opportunities

The princesses are also presently non-working royals, and while they occasionally take on roles – The younger princess was recently named as a advisor for the monarch's charity network – experts also suggest they "can't see a scenario" in which they would advance into official responsibilities.

"Regarding Beatrice and Eugenie are concerned, I think there's an understanding of the reality that this controversy doesn't involve them, and it's unjust for it to impact them directly in the separate paths they are building for themselves," explains one monarchy analyst.

"Their daughters are particularly unlucky affected parties, they've had to suffer in silence and have been composed in their silence," states another monarchy writer.

Final Impact

Ultimately, there appears to be little doubt that the person who will be most impacted by these developments will be Prince Andrew himself.

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

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