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Prince Andrew's removal from the final remnants of monarchical duties has not only reshaped his future - it's creating waves through his immediate relatives too.

Fergie's New Status

His ex-wife has now surrendered her ducal status and will simply be known as Sarah Ferguson.

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

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

"She will have lost a certain prestige over this," said one royal commentator. "She certainly does use the title – including her Twitter bio is @TheDuchessSarah."

But the relinquishment of her status may impact her much less than the scandal she's facing separately about her own links with Jeffrey Epstein.

Recently, multiple organizations removed her as ambassador after correspondence from 2011 revealed that she referred to Epstein her "supreme friend" and seemed to apologise for her negative comments of him.

Business Ventures and Charity Work

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

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

But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in royal circles. She has continued bouncing back.

"She's the supreme perseverer and expert at transforming," said one royal author.

The Daughters

For the couple's two daughters, Beatrice, thirty-seven, and Eugenie, 35, there's no official alteration.

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

Additionally there is no modification to the line of succession.

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 "low down" and will probably become much further down as years pass.

Coming Opportunities

Beatrice and Eugenie are also currently non-working royals, and while they occasionally accept positions – Princess Eugenie was recently announced as a mentor for the King's Foundation program – experts also say they "can't see a world" in which they would advance into official responsibilities.

"As far as Beatrice and Eugenie go, I think there's an understanding of the reality that this controversy isn't about them, and it's not fair for it to affect them directly in the separate paths they are building for themselves," says one royal commentator.

"Their daughters are particularly unlucky affected parties, they've had to suffer in silence and have been dignified in their reserve," adds another royal author.

Ultimate Consequences

In the end, there seems to be minimal uncertainty that the individual who will be most affected by all of this will be Prince Andrew himself.

For a man who consistently enjoyed the trappings of royalty, the ceremony and the pageantry, the relinquishment of his honors is deeply humiliating.

So to not have these, on a personal level, will really matter.