Of course, the earls of Harewood and Snowdon are also non-royals who have close genealogical ties to the royal family -- even closer than that of Fife. But as they are only peers of the realm, not royals, I would suppose that Fife outranks both.
Now, the eldest son of the Duke of Kent is not really (officially) the Earl of Saint Andrews: that's only a courtesy title. But once his father dies and he succeeds to the dukedom, he will become His Grace. I don't know exactly where Kent ranks among non-royal dukes; but once again, he will find himself in a paradoxical situation (a difference between official and unofficial rank, given his close genealogical ties to the royals.
Anyhow, I found the following article and photos interesting --
https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-60th-birthday-of-duke-of-fife.html?m=0&fbclid=IwAR0ItVkreEEs8J8lCkSrXjRx5WOYEypn0zTexGZF2sauTnq5AoKPnZOSasM
One earl outranks most of the dukes: the earl of Wessex. Only one he doesn't is the duke of York.
As regards the Earl of Wessex, as a royal he outranks all nobles, as I see it.
And the royals have their own rankings of course.
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