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The Duke's removal from the final remnants of monarchical duties has not only reshaped his future - it's creating waves through his immediate relatives too.

Sarah Ferguson's New Status

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

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

Throughout this period, she has kept the courtesy royal divorcee title Sarah, Duchess of York. Now, she returns to her maiden name of Ferguson.

"She will have lost a certain prestige over this," noted one royal commentator. "She definitely does use the title – even her social media profile is @TheDuchessSarah."

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

Last month, multiple organizations removed her as patron after correspondence from over a decade ago showed that she referred to Epstein her "supreme friend" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him.

Professional Endeavors and Charity Work

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

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

But Ferguson has been a great survivor in monarchical networks. She's kept recovering strongly.

"She is the supreme perseverer and master of reinvention," said one monarchy writer.

The Princesses

For the couple's offspring, Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, 35, there's no official alteration.

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

Additionally there is no modification to the royal succession order.

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

But in practice their positions are "distant" and will probably become even more remote as time goes on.

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 mentor for the King's Foundation program – commentators also say 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 appreciation of the fact that this controversy isn't about them, and it's unjust for it to affect them directly in the separate paths they are carving out for themselves," says one royal commentator.

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

Final Impact

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

For a man who always liked the trappings of royalty, the pomp and the pageantry, the loss of his titles is profoundly embarrassing.

So to not have those, on a personal level, will significantly count.