🔗 Share this article How the Duke's Titles Loss Signifies for Fergie, Princess Beatrice and Eugenie The Duke's exit from the final remnants of monarchical duties has not only altered his path - it's sending ripples through his family too. Fergie's Title Change His ex-wife has now lost her duchess title and will now be referred to as Sarah Ferguson. For Sarah, sixty-six, the change will be the most visible. Throughout this period, she has maintained the honorary royal divorcee title Sarah, Duchess of York. Currently, she returns to her maiden name of Ferguson. "She will have lost a bit of cachet over this," said one monarchy expert. "She definitely utilizes the title – including her Twitter bio is @TheDuchessSarah." But the relinquishment of her status may affect her much less than the scandal she's dealing with independently about her own connections to the convicted financier. Recently, several charities dropped her as ambassador after an email from 2011 revealed that she referred to Epstein her "greatest ally" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him. Business Ventures and Philanthropy Separate from her philanthropy, Ferguson also has multiple commercial enterprises. And these ventures, are more probable to be affected by the Epstein controversy than any change in title, says one monarchy analyst. But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in royal circles. She has continued bouncing back. "She is the supreme perseverer and master of reinvention," said one royal author. The Princesses Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie seen at a Coronation Big Lunch in last year For Andrew and Sarah's two daughters, Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, thirty-five, there's no formal change. They will still be known as princesses, which they have been granted since birth. There is also no change to the royal succession order. Andrew remains eighth position to the crown, followed by his children Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth position in that order. But in reality their positions are "distant" and will probably become much further down as years pass. Coming Opportunities The princesses are also presently non-working royals, and while they occasionally accept positions – Princess Eugenie was recently named as a advisor for the monarch's charity program – experts also say they "don't envision a world" in which they would advance into official responsibilities. "As far as Beatrice and Eugenie go, I think there's an appreciation of the fact that this controversy isn't about them, and it's not fair for it to impact them directly in the independent lives they are carving out for themselves," explains one royal commentator. "The princesses are particularly unlucky affected parties, they've had to endure quietly and have been composed in their reserve," states another monarchy writer. Final Impact In the end, there seems to be little doubt that the individual who will be most impacted by these developments will be Prince Andrew himself. For a man who consistently enjoyed the royal privileges, the pomp and the ceremony, the loss of his titles is deeply humiliating. So to not have those, on a individual basis, will significantly count.