What with the whole marrying a prince and shooting to international fame thing, I think it’s safe to say that 2011 was a pretty damn good year to be a Middleton.

But besides the obvious (fairy-tale wedding, designers vying to dress them, etc), Kate and Pippa triumphed in several other ways: They set trends, broke records (or helped to), traveled the globe, and had thousands of women doing lunges and squats in an effort to get that perfect Middleton bum.

Read on to relive the best Middleton moments from 2011.

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