Of course they would continue by definition being hereditary, so what is your point? Other than the obvious fact that you have an underlying animus toward any type of hereditary principle whether monarchical or nobiliary? But please do tell usalso: do you object as much when past monarchs such as Charles II or even more recently William IV were handing out hereditary titles of duke and earl to their illegitimate children? But I'll guess you have a different PC standard for bastards, so it's wonderful that they all got titles?