🔗 Share this article How the Duke's Titles Loss Signifies for Fergie, Beatrice and Eugenie The Duke's exit from the last vestiges of monarchical duties has not only reshaped his future - it's creating waves 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 Ferguson, 66, the change will be the most visible. For all these years, she has maintained the honorary royal divorcee title Sarah, York Duchess. Now, she returns to her birth name of Ferguson. "She has lost a bit of cachet over this," said one monarchy expert. "She certainly does use the title – even her social media profile is @TheDuchessSarah." But the loss of her title may affect her much less than the controversy she's dealing with independently about her own connections to the convicted financier. Last month, multiple organizations removed her as ambassador after an email from 2011 showed that she referred to Epstein her "supreme friend" and appeared to express regret for her negative comments of him. Business Ventures and Philanthropy Separate from her philanthropy, Ferguson also has multiple commercial enterprises. And these ventures, are more likely to be affected by the Epstein scandal than any change in title, says one monarchy analyst. But Ferguson has been a remarkable endure in monarchical networks. She has continued recovering strongly. "She is the supreme perseverer and master of reinvention," said one royal author. The Daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Beatrice pictured at a royal celebration in 2023 For Andrew and Sarah'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 royal succession order. The prince stays eighth in line to the crown, followed by his children Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth position respectively. But in reality their positions are "low down" and will probably become even more remote as time goes on. Coming Opportunities Beatrice and Eugenie are also presently non-working royals, and while they do sometimes take on roles – The younger princess was recently named as a mentor for the King's Foundation program – commentators also say they "can't see a scenario" in which they would advance into royal duties. "As far as Beatrice and Eugenie are concerned, I think there's an appreciation of the reality that this controversy doesn't involve them, and it's not fair for it to affect them directly in the separate paths they are building for themselves," explains one royal commentator. "The princesses are particularly unlucky affected parties, they've had to endure quietly and have been dignified in their reserve," adds another monarchy writer. Ultimate Consequences In the end, there appears to be minimal uncertainty that the person who will be most affected by these developments will be Prince Andrew himself. For a man who always liked the royal privileges, the pomp and the pageantry, the loss of his titles is profoundly embarrassing. Therefore lacking those, on a individual basis, will really matter.