🔗 Share this article What Prince Andrew's Removal of Titles Signifies for Fergie, Princess Beatrice and Eugenie Prince Andrew's removal from the final remnants of monarchical duties has not only reshaped his future - it's sending ripples through his family too. Sarah Ferguson's Title Change The former spouse has now surrendered her ducal status and will simply be known as Sarah Ferguson. For Sarah, sixty-six, the transition will be the most visible. Throughout this period, she has maintained the honorary royal divorcee title Sarah, Duchess of York. Now, she returns to her birth name of Ferguson. "She will have lost a certain prestige over this," noted one monarchy expert. "She certainly utilizes the title – including her social media profile is @SarahTheDuchess." But the loss of her title may impact her much less than the scandal she's dealing with independently about her own connections to the convicted financier. Last month, several charities dropped her as patron after correspondence from 2011 showed that she called Epstein her "supreme friend" and appeared to express regret for her negative comments of him. Business Ventures and Charity Work Separate from her philanthropy, Ferguson also has various business ventures. And these, too, are more probable to be impacted by the Epstein controversy than any change in title, notes one royal commentator. But Ferguson has been a great survivor in monarchical networks. She has continued bouncing back. "She is the ultimate survivor and master of reinvention," said one monarchy writer. The Daughters Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice seen at a Coronation Big Lunch in last year For the couple's two daughters, Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, thirty-five, there's no formal change. They continue to be referred to as royal princesses, which they have been entitled to since birth. Additionally there is no change to the line of succession. Andrew remains eighth in line to the crown, succeeded by his children Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth place respectively. But in reality their standing are "low down" and will likely become even more remote as years pass. Coming Opportunities The princesses are also currently non-official royals, and while they do sometimes accept positions – The younger princess was recently named as a advisor for the monarch's charity network – experts also say they "don't envision a scenario" in which they would advance into royal duties. "Regarding 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 affect them directly in the independent lives they are carving out for themselves," says one royal commentator. "Their daughters are most unfortunate victims, they've had to suffer in silence and have been composed in their reserve," adds another royal author. Final Impact Ultimately, there appears to be little doubt that the person who will be most impacted by these developments will be Prince Andrew himself. For a man who always liked the royal privileges, the pomp and the pageantry, the loss of his titles is profoundly embarrassing. Therefore lacking those, on a personal level, will really matter.