🔗 Share this article What the Duke's Titles Loss Means for Fergie, Beatrice and Princess Eugenie The Duke's removal from the last vestiges of monarchical duties has not only reshaped his future - it's creating waves through his immediate relatives too. Fergie's Title Change 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 visible. Throughout this period, she has maintained the honorary royal post-marital designation Sarah, Duchess of York. Currently, she reverts to her birth name of Ferguson. "She has lost a bit of cachet over this," said one royal commentator. "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 controversy she's dealing with independently about her own links with the convicted financier. Recently, multiple organizations dropped her as ambassador after an email from 2011 revealed that she called Epstein her "greatest ally" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him. Professional Endeavors and Charity Work Away from her charitable activities, 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 remarkable endure in royal circles. She has continued recovering strongly. "She is the ultimate survivor and expert at transforming," said one royal author. The Princesses Princess Eugenie and Princess Eugenie seen at a royal celebration in last year For the couple's offspring, Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, thirty-five, there's no official alteration. They will still be referred to as princesses, which they have been entitled to since their birth. Additionally there is no change to the royal succession order. Andrew remains eighth position to the throne, succeeded by his children Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth position in that order. But in reality their positions are "distant" and will likely become even more remote as time goes on. Coming Opportunities The princesses are also presently non-working royals, and while they do sometimes accept positions – The younger princess was recently named as a advisor for the King's Foundation program – experts also say they "don't envision a scenario" in which they would step up into royal duties. "Regarding Beatrice and Eugenie are concerned, I think there's an understanding of the reality that this controversy isn't about them, and it's unjust for it to impact them directly in the independent lives they are carving out for themselves," explains one royal commentator. "The princesses are particularly unlucky victims, they've had to endure quietly and have been composed in their silence," states another monarchy writer. Ultimate Consequences In the end, there seems to be little doubt that the person who will be most impacted by all of this will be Prince Andrew himself. For a man who consistently enjoyed the trappings of royalty, the pomp and the pageantry, the loss of his titles is profoundly embarrassing. Therefore lacking those, on a individual basis, will significantly count.