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

Fergie's Title Change

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

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

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 has lost a certain prestige over this," noted one royal commentator. "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 scandal she's dealing with independently about her own links with Jeffrey Epstein.

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

Business Ventures and Philanthropy

Separate from her charitable activities, Ferguson also has multiple commercial enterprises.

And these ventures, are more likely to be impacted by the Epstein scandal than any change in title, notes one monarchy analyst.

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 royal author.

The Daughters

For the couple's two daughters, Beatrice, thirty-seven, and Eugenie, 35, there's no official alteration.

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

Additionally there is no change to the royal succession order.

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

But in practice their positions are "distant" and will probably become even more remote as years pass.

Coming Opportunities

Beatrice and Eugenie are also currently non-working royals, and while they occasionally take on roles – Princess Eugenie was recently named as a mentor for the monarch's charity 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 are concerned, I think there's an appreciation of the fact that this scandal isn't about them, and it's not fair for it to impact them personally in the independent lives they are carving out for themselves," says one royal commentator.

"The princesses are particularly unlucky affected parties, they've had to suffer in silence and have been dignified in their reserve," states another royal author.

Ultimate Consequences

Ultimately, 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 ceremony and the ceremony, the loss of his titles is deeply humiliating.

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