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The Duke's removal from the last vestiges of royal life has not only altered his path - it's creating waves 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 Ferguson, sixty-six, the change will be the most apparent.

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

"She will have lost a certain prestige over this," noted one royal commentator. "She certainly utilizes the title – including her social media profile is @TheDuchessSarah."

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

Recently, several charities removed her as ambassador after correspondence from over a decade ago showed that she called Epstein her "greatest ally" and appeared to express regret for her public criticism of him.

Professional Endeavors and Philanthropy

Away from her philanthropy, Ferguson also has multiple commercial enterprises.

And these ventures, are more likely to be impacted by the Epstein scandal than any change in title, notes one royal commentator.

But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in royal circles. She's kept bouncing back.

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

The Princesses

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

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

Additionally there is no change to the royal succession order.

Andrew remains eighth position to the crown, followed by his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth place in that order.

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

Future Prospects

The princesses are also currently non-working royals, and while they do sometimes take on roles – The younger princess was recently named as a mentor for the monarch's charity program – experts also say they "don't envision a world" in which they would step up into royal duties.

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

"The princesses are most unfortunate victims, they've had to endure quietly and have been composed in their silence," states another monarchy writer.

Final Impact

In the end, there seems to be minimal uncertainty that the individual who will be most impacted by all of this will be Prince Andrew himself.

For someone who consistently enjoyed the royal privileges, the ceremony and the pageantry, the relinquishment of his honors is deeply humiliating.

So to not have those, on a individual basis, will significantly count.