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

Fergie's New Status

The former spouse has now surrendered her ducal status and will now be referred to as Sarah Ferguson.

For Sarah, sixty-six, the transition will be the most visible.

For all these years, she has maintained the honorary royal divorcee title Sarah, York Duchess. Now, she reverts to her birth name of Ferguson.

"She will have lost a certain prestige over this," said one monarchy expert. "She definitely does use 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 connections to the convicted financier.

Recently, several charities dropped her as ambassador after an email from over a decade ago showed that she called Epstein her "supreme friend" and appeared to express regret for her public criticism of him.

Professional Endeavors and Philanthropy

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

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

But Ferguson has been a great survivor in royal circles. She's kept recovering strongly.

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

The Princesses

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

They will still be known as royal princesses, which they have been granted since birth.

Additionally there is no modification to the royal succession order.

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

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

Coming Opportunities

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

"As far as Beatrice and Eugenie are concerned, 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 directly in the separate paths they are building for themselves," explains one royal commentator.

"Their daughters are particularly unlucky victims, they've had to endure quietly and have been composed in their silence," adds another monarchy writer.

Ultimate Consequences

Ultimately, there seems to be minimal uncertainty that the person who will be most affected by all of this will be Prince Andrew himself.

For a man who always liked the trappings of royalty, the ceremony and the ceremony, the relinquishment of his honors is profoundly embarrassing.

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