Nicola Sturgeon
The Supreme Court shut down the Scottish National Party's latest bid for indyref2.
An independent Scotland would also apply to become a member of the European Union.
"My dream is very different", the first minister told the SNP conference.
The first minister said she was "confident" that a second Scottish independence referendum will take place next October.
The Harry Potter author recently accused the Scottish First Minister of being a "destroyer of women’s rights".
And for the first time, fewer than half of people in Northern Ireland back staying in the UK.
Some see the late monarch as the glue who held the country together during her 70-year reign.
Scotland's first minister said the energy price cap rise must "not be allowed to go ahead", warning it will push families into "destitution".
He criticised her criticism of those who lashed out at BBC's Scotland editor James Cook.
"I have been subject to a lot of scrutiny and commentary about it," Scotland's first minister said.