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The Duke's removal from the final remnants of royal life has not only altered his path - it's sending ripples through his family too.

Sarah Ferguson's New Status

The former spouse has now lost her duchess title and will now be referred to as Sarah Ferguson.

For Sarah, 66, the transition will be the most visible.

Throughout this period, she has kept the courtesy royal post-marital designation Sarah, Duchess of York. Currently, she returns to her maiden name of Ferguson.

"She will have lost a certain prestige over this," noted one monarchy expert. "She certainly does use the title – even her Twitter bio is @TheDuchessSarah."

But the loss of her title may impact her much less than the controversy she's dealing with independently about her own links with the convicted financier.

Recently, several charities removed her as ambassador after correspondence from 2011 revealed that she referred to Epstein her "greatest ally" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him.

Business Ventures and Charity Work

Separate 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 alteration in status, notes one monarchy analyst.

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

"She's the supreme perseverer and expert at transforming," said one royal author.

The Princesses

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 princesses, which they have been entitled to since their birth.

There is also no modification to the line of succession.

Andrew remains eighth in line to the crown, succeeded by his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth position respectively.

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

Coming Opportunities

The princesses are also presently non-official royals, and while they occasionally accept positions – The younger princess was recently announced as a mentor for the King's Foundation program – commentators also say they "can't see a world" in which they would step up into royal duties.

"As far as Beatrice and Eugenie go, I think there's an understanding of the reality that this scandal doesn't involve them, and it's unjust for it to affect them personally in the separate paths they are carving out for themselves," explains one monarchy analyst.

"The princesses are particularly unlucky affected parties, they've had to suffer in silence 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 affected by all of this will be Prince Andrew himself.

For a man who consistently enjoyed the royal privileges, the pomp and the ceremony, the relinquishment of his honors is deeply humiliating.

Therefore lacking these, on a individual basis, will significantly count.