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The Duke's removal from the last vestiges of royal life has not only altered his path - it's sending ripples through his immediate relatives too.

Sarah Ferguson'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 transition will be the most apparent.

For all these years, she has maintained the honorary royal divorcee title Sarah, York Duchess. Currently, she reverts to her birth name of Ferguson.

"She will have lost a bit of cachet over this," noted one royal commentator. "She definitely does use the title – including her Twitter bio is @TheDuchessSarah."

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

Last month, multiple organizations removed her as ambassador after correspondence from 2011 revealed that she called 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 various business ventures.

And these ventures, are more likely to be impacted by the Epstein scandal than any change in title, says one royal commentator.

But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in monarchical networks. She's kept recovering strongly.

"She is the supreme perseverer and master of reinvention," said one royal author.

The Daughters

For Andrew and Sarah's offspring, Beatrice, thirty-seven, and Eugenie, thirty-five, there's no official alteration.

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

There is also no change to the line of succession.

The prince stays eighth in line to the crown, followed by his children Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth place in that order.

But in practice their positions are "low down" and will likely become even more remote as years pass.

Future Prospects

Beatrice and Eugenie are also currently non-official royals, and while they do sometimes accept positions – The younger princess was recently announced as a mentor for the King's Foundation network – experts also say they "don't envision a scenario" in which they would advance into official responsibilities.

"Regarding Beatrice and Eugenie are concerned, I think there's an understanding of the fact that this controversy isn't about them, and it's unjust for it to affect them personally in the separate paths they are building for themselves," says one monarchy analyst.

"The princesses are most unfortunate affected parties, they've had to suffer in silence and have been dignified in their silence," states another monarchy writer.

Ultimate Consequences

In the end, there appears to be minimal uncertainty that the person who will be most affected by these developments will be the Duke himself.

For someone who always liked the royal privileges, the ceremony and the pageantry, the loss of his titles is deeply humiliating.

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