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

Sarah Ferguson's New Status

His ex-wife has now lost her duchess title and will now be referred to as Sarah Ferguson.

For Ferguson, sixty-six, the transition will be the most apparent.

For all these years, she has kept the courtesy royal post-marital designation Sarah, Duchess of York. Now, she reverts to her maiden name of Ferguson.

"She has lost a certain prestige over this," noted one royal commentator. "She certainly utilizes the title – even her Twitter bio is @SarahTheDuchess."

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

Recently, multiple organizations removed her as ambassador after correspondence from 2011 showed that she called Epstein her "supreme friend" and appeared to express regret for her public criticism of him.

Business Ventures and Philanthropy

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

And these ventures, are more probable to be affected by the Epstein scandal than any change in title, notes one royal commentator.

But Ferguson has been a great survivor in monarchical networks. She's kept recovering strongly.

"She is the ultimate survivor and master of reinvention," commented one monarchy writer.

The Daughters

For Andrew and Sarah's two daughters, Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, thirty-five, there's no official alteration.

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

Additionally there is no change to the line of succession.

Andrew remains eighth position to the throne, followed by his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth position respectively.

But in reality their standing are "distant" and will likely become even more remote as time goes on.

Coming Opportunities

The princesses are also currently non-official royals, and while they occasionally take on roles – The younger princess was recently named as a mentor for the monarch's charity network – commentators 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 reality that this scandal isn't about them, and it's not fair for it to impact them personally in the separate paths they are carving out for themselves," says one royal commentator.

"Their daughters are most unfortunate affected parties, they've had to endure quietly and have been composed in their reserve," states another royal author.

Ultimate Consequences

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

For a man who always liked the royal privileges, the ceremony and the ceremony, the relinquishment of his honors is deeply humiliating.

So to not have these, on a individual basis, will significantly count.