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Prince Andrew's exit from the last vestiges of royal life has not only altered his path - it's sending ripples through his family too.

Fergie's Title Change

His ex-wife has now surrendered her ducal status and will now be referred to as Sarah Ferguson.

For Ferguson, 66, the change will be the most apparent.

Throughout this period, she has maintained the honorary royal post-marital designation Sarah, York Duchess. Currently, she reverts to her birth name of Ferguson.

"She will have lost a bit of cachet over this," noted one monarchy expert. "She certainly does use the title – even her Twitter bio is @SarahTheDuchess."

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

Recently, multiple organizations dropped her as ambassador after an email from over a decade ago showed that she called Epstein her "greatest ally" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him.

Professional Endeavors and Charity Work

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

And these, too, are more likely to be impacted by the Epstein controversy than any change in title, says one monarchy analyst.

But Ferguson has been a great survivor in monarchical networks. She has continued recovering strongly.

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

The Daughters

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

They will still 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 position to the crown, followed by his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth place respectively.

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

Future Prospects

Beatrice and Eugenie are also presently non-official royals, and while they occasionally take on roles – The younger princess was recently announced as a advisor for the monarch's charity network – experts also say they "don't envision a world" in which they would advance into official responsibilities.

"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 carving out for themselves," explains one royal commentator.

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

Ultimate Consequences

Ultimately, there seems to be minimal uncertainty that the person who will be most impacted by these developments will be Prince Andrew himself.

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

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