| ELIZABETHTAYLOR | Queen, the first royal rock star (9,6) |
| ISABELLA | Spanish queen, the first murder victim in one's city? |
| MARTYR | Two queens, the first one running out of time, a victim of her faith (6) |
| CATHERINE | The first royal bride to have a university degree (first name) |
| LIGHTER | Understanding the first royal barge |
| ORB | Fruit from tree, not the first royal symbol |
| ESTUARINE | Elizabeth the First's royal line cut off ___ popular with Earl of Essex, perhaps (9) |
| TUDOR | Tour arranged round Denmark's first royal house |
| SKYSCRAPERS | TV company fights over first royal buildings of prominence (11) |
| RARELY | Almost never count on being behind First Royal Artillery (6) |
| MONARCHY | Turn on charm in front of your first royal rule (8) |
| PERSONAL | Intimate friend welcomes first royal offspring |
| PERMANENCE | Changes in first royal pence mean their continued existence |
| EARLIEST | First royal breaking ties (8) |
| PALACE | Gaff about Andrew's first royal residence (6) |
| RAKING | First Royal, a monarch, using a garden tool (6) |
| BARD | Bad about first Royal poet! (4) |
| BEDROOMS | The Queen, The Office and End of Days - presumably, the insomniacs never tire of them? (8) |
| ALENCON | Noted for the "queen of laces and the lace of queens", the capital of Normandy's Orne department (7) |
| SHEER | Queen the woman at the top? Absolutely |
