Much like Brown's previous book about Princess Margaret, this is  not a conventional biography but an engaging and whimsical collection of vignettes about the late QEII, assembled in roughly chronological order. It reminded me of Olive Kitteridge in the sense that although the Queen is present in each chapter, she is sometimes just a side character, more of a presence than a person. The book does leave you wondering what the Queen made of her own life in the end.