🔗 Share this article How Prince Andrew's Titles Loss Signifies for Fergie, Beatrice and Eugenie Prince Andrew's exit from the final remnants of royal life has not only reshaped his future - it's sending ripples through his immediate relatives too. Sarah Ferguson's Title Change The former spouse has now lost her duchess title and will now be referred to as Sarah Ferguson. For Ferguson, sixty-six, the change will be the most apparent. For all these years, she has maintained the honorary royal post-marital designation Sarah, Duchess of York. Now, she reverts to her birth name of Ferguson. "She will have lost a certain prestige over this," noted one monarchy expert. "She certainly does use the title – even her social media profile is @SarahTheDuchess." But the relinquishment of her status may affect her much less than the controversy she's dealing with independently about her own links with Jeffrey Epstein. Recently, multiple organizations removed her as ambassador after an email from 2011 showed that she called Epstein her "greatest ally" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him. Business Ventures and Charity Work Away from her charitable activities, Ferguson also has multiple commercial enterprises. And these, too, are more probable to be affected by the Epstein scandal than any change in title, says one monarchy analyst. But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in monarchical networks. She's kept bouncing back. "She is the supreme perseverer and expert at transforming," said one royal author. The Princesses Princess Beatrice and Princess Beatrice seen at a Coronation Big Lunch in last year For Andrew and Sarah's two daughters, Beatrice, thirty-seven, and Eugenie, thirty-five, there's no official alteration. They continue to be referred to as royal princesses, which they have been entitled to since birth. There is also no change to the line of succession. The prince stays eighth position to the crown, followed by his children Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth place in that order. But in reality their standing are "distant" and will likely become even more remote as time goes on. Coming Opportunities The princesses are also currently non-official royals, and while they do sometimes accept positions – The younger princess was recently named as a advisor for the King's Foundation network – commentators also say 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 affect them personally in the independent lives they are carving out for themselves," says one monarchy analyst. "The princesses are most unfortunate affected parties, they've had to endure quietly and have been dignified in their silence," adds another monarchy writer. Final Impact Ultimately, there appears to be little doubt that the person 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 relinquishment of his honors is profoundly embarrassing. So to not have these, on a personal level, will significantly count.