🔗 Share this article What Prince Andrew's Titles Loss Signifies for Fergie, Beatrice and Princess Eugenie Prince Andrew's exit from the last vestiges of monarchical duties 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 surrendered her ducal status and will now be referred to as Sarah Ferguson. For Sarah, sixty-six, the change will be the most apparent. Throughout this period, she has kept the courtesy royal divorcee title Sarah, York Duchess. Now, she reverts to her birth name of Ferguson. "She has lost a certain prestige over this," said one royal commentator. "She certainly does use the title – including her social media profile is @TheDuchessSarah." But the loss of her title may affect her much less than the controversy she's facing separately about her own connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Last month, multiple organizations dropped her as patron after correspondence from 2011 revealed that she called Epstein her "greatest ally" and appeared to express regret for her negative comments of him. Business Ventures and Charity Work Away from her philanthropy, Ferguson also has multiple commercial enterprises. And these, too, are more probable to be affected by the Epstein scandal than any change in title, says one monarchy analyst. But Ferguson has been a great survivor in royal circles. She's kept bouncing back. "She's the ultimate survivor and expert at transforming," said one monarchy writer. The Daughters Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice pictured at a royal celebration in 2023 For the couple's offspring, Beatrice, thirty-seven, and Eugenie, 35, there's no formal change. They will still be known as royal princesses, which they have been granted since their birth. Additionally there is no modification to the royal succession order. The prince stays eighth in line to the crown, succeeded by his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, in ninth and twelfth position respectively. But in reality their positions are "low down" and will likely become even more remote as time goes on. Coming Opportunities Beatrice and Eugenie are also presently non-official royals, and while they occasionally accept positions – Princess Eugenie was recently announced as a advisor for the monarch's charity network – experts also suggest they "can't see a scenario" in which they would step up into royal duties. "As far as Beatrice and Eugenie go, I think there's an appreciation of the fact that this scandal doesn't involve them, and it's not fair for it to impact them directly in the independent lives they are building for themselves," says one monarchy analyst. "Their daughters are particularly unlucky victims, they've had to suffer in silence and have been dignified in their silence," adds another royal author. Final Impact Ultimately, there seems to be minimal uncertainty that the person who will be most impacted by all of this will be Prince Andrew himself. For a man who consistently enjoyed the royal privileges, the ceremony and the ceremony, the relinquishment of his honors is profoundly embarrassing. Therefore lacking these, on a individual basis, will really matter.