They started off the year as fully fledged members of the royal family, but over the course of 2012, Beatrice and Eugenie were carefully maneuvered out of the new, slimmed-down royal family by their uncle, Prince Charles. But instead of losing their cool, the young sisters have emerged as positive role models for minor royalty, unfazed by the loss of their royal protection officers or free lodgings, and renewing their public commitment to troubled mother Sarah Ferguson. This was their 2012.