The Queen and the Invader

The invader will almost always be the primary actor in the external conflict, even if it is just a framing conflict. When offered the crown, she may like prince henry and ever after care, i don't want it. Or she may fear her own tyrannical proclivities should she be given so much power over other people's lives. As such, it may well take up many of the book's scenes as the queen grapples with either overthrowing a tyrant or claiming her own true leadership capacity. The invasion may be featured in many different guises, everything from the slow advance of a literal enemy force to an encroaching dead line for a neighborhood's destruction.