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

Fergie's Title Change

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

For Sarah, sixty-six, the change will be the most apparent.

For all these years, she has kept the courtesy royal divorcee title Sarah, Duchess of York. Currently, she reverts to her birth name of Ferguson.

"She has lost a bit of cachet over this," said one royal commentator. "She definitely does use the title – even her social media profile is @SarahTheDuchess."

But the relinquishment of her status may affect her much less than the scandal she's facing separately about her own connections to the convicted financier.

Recently, multiple organizations removed her as patron after an email from 2011 showed that she referred to Epstein her "supreme friend" and appeared to express regret for her negative comments of him.

Business Ventures and Philanthropy

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

And these ventures, are more probable to be affected by the Epstein scandal than any alteration in status, notes one royal commentator.

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

"She is the ultimate survivor and master of reinvention," commented one monarchy writer.

The Princesses

For Andrew and Sarah's two daughters, Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, 35, there's no official alteration.

They will still be referred to as royal princesses, which they have been entitled to since birth.

Additionally there is no change to the line of succession.

The prince stays eighth position to the throne, succeeded by his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth position in that order.

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

Coming Opportunities

Beatrice and Eugenie are also currently non-working royals, and while they do sometimes take on roles – Princess Eugenie was recently named as a advisor for the monarch's charity program – experts also suggest they "don't envision a world" in which they would advance into royal duties.

"Regarding Beatrice and Eugenie go, I think there's an understanding of the fact that this controversy isn't about them, and it's not fair for it to affect them personally in the separate paths they are building for themselves," says one royal commentator.

"The princesses are most unfortunate victims, they've had to suffer in silence and have been dignified in their silence," adds another royal author.

Final Impact

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

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

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