Tawny Man Trilogy - questions (SPOILERS)

[Nuytsia]

Ok this one is not really a question, just what I thought was an interesting point.
When Hap wants to get married to his girlfriend (whose name escapes me right now) her family basically think he's not really good enough for her - I think from memory this was mainly because he wasn't earning a good enough living at his age.
It was ironic that had Fitz been in Hap's position at the same age he would probably have been able to marry Molly with no problems. Her father didn't even seem to know what was going on, and Molly had her own trade in any case. It was in fact I guess the reverse situation - Molly was not of high enough birth for Fitz to marry. (in the first trilogy)
It was kind of interesting that so much was made of that. There seemed at that time to be no real shortage of heirs to the throne, so who really cares who a royal bastard marries? I guess he still had some status being of royal blood regardless.