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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Sneed

Publicly reserved and privately vibrant, the Queen was what her country needed her to be

A memorial for Queen Elizabeth II adorns a table with vintage tins, photos and items from her life with a book for people to sign at Bridgham & Cook, Ltd. in Freeport, Maine on Sept. 9, the day of her death. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

It was raining Thursday when her reign ended.

Queen Elizabeth II, 96, the monarch known by her subjects as their constant North Star, was dead. 

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