🔗 Share this article How the Duke's Removal of Titles Means for Fergie, Princess Beatrice and Eugenie The Duke's exit from the last vestiges of monarchical duties has not only reshaped his future - it's sending ripples through his family too. Fergie's Title Change His ex-wife has now lost her duchess title and will simply be known as Sarah Ferguson. For Sarah, 66, the change 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 birth name of Ferguson. "She has lost a bit of cachet over this," said one monarchy expert. "She definitely does use the title – including 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 connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Recently, several charities dropped her as patron after an email from 2011 revealed that she referred to Epstein her "greatest ally" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him. Professional Endeavors and Charity Work Away from her philanthropy, Ferguson also has multiple commercial enterprises. And these ventures, are more probable to be impacted by the Epstein controversy than any change in title, says one royal commentator. But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in monarchical networks. She has continued bouncing back. "She is the supreme perseverer and master of reinvention," said one monarchy writer. The Princesses Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie seen at a Coronation Big Lunch in last year For Andrew and Sarah's offspring, Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, 35, there's no official alteration. They will still be known as princesses, which they have been granted since birth. There is also no modification to the line of succession. The prince stays eighth in line to the crown, succeeded by his children Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth place in that order. But in reality their positions are "low down" and will likely become even more remote as years pass. Future Prospects Beatrice and Eugenie are also currently non-working royals, and while they do sometimes take on roles – The younger princess was recently announced as a advisor for the King's Foundation network – commentators also say they "can't see a scenario" in which they would advance into royal duties. "Regarding Beatrice and Eugenie are concerned, I think there's an understanding of the fact that this scandal doesn't involve them, and it's not fair for it to affect them personally in the independent lives they are carving out for themselves," says one royal commentator. "Their daughters are particularly unlucky victims, they've had to endure quietly and have been composed in their silence," adds another monarchy writer. Ultimate Consequences In the end, there seems to be minimal uncertainty that the person who will be most affected by all of this will be the Duke himself. For a man who always liked the royal privileges, the pomp and the pageantry, the relinquishment of his honors is deeply humiliating. So to not have those, on a personal level, will significantly count.