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The Duke's removal from the final remnants of monarchical duties has not only altered his path - it's sending ripples through his immediate relatives too.

Sarah Ferguson's New Status

The former spouse has now surrendered her ducal status and will simply be known as Sarah Ferguson.

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

For all these years, she has kept the courtesy royal divorcee title Sarah, Duchess of York. Currently, she reverts to her maiden name of Ferguson.

"She will have lost a bit of cachet over this," said one monarchy expert. "She certainly does use the title – including her Twitter bio is @SarahTheDuchess."

But the relinquishment of her status may affect her much less than the scandal she's dealing with independently about her own connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

Recently, multiple organizations removed her as patron after correspondence from over a decade ago showed that she called Epstein her "supreme friend" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him.

Business Ventures and Charity Work

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

And these ventures, are more probable to be impacted by the Epstein scandal than any alteration in status, notes one royal commentator.

But Ferguson has been a great survivor in royal circles. She's kept recovering strongly.

"She is the ultimate survivor and expert at transforming," commented one royal author.

The Daughters

For Andrew and Sarah's two daughters, Beatrice, thirty-seven, and Eugenie, thirty-five, there's no formal change.

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

There is also no modification to the royal succession order.

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

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

Future Prospects

The princesses are also presently non-official royals, and while they do sometimes accept positions – The younger princess was recently announced as a advisor for the King's Foundation program – commentators also say they "don't envision a world" in which they would step up into official responsibilities.

"Regarding Beatrice and Eugenie go, I think there's an understanding of the reality that this controversy doesn't involve them, and it's not fair for it to impact them personally in the independent lives they are carving out for themselves," says one monarchy analyst.

"Their daughters are most unfortunate victims, they've had to suffer in silence and have been dignified in their silence," states another royal author.

Final Impact

Ultimately, there seems to be little doubt that the individual who will be most impacted by all of this will be the Duke himself.

For a man who always liked the trappings of royalty, the pomp and the pageantry, the loss of his titles is deeply humiliating.

So to not have these, on a individual basis, will really matter.