| EASTINDIA | - - Company; cartel granted a royal charter by Elizabeth I in 1600 (4,5) |
| SOCIETY | Royal -; founded by Robert Boyle, Sir Christopher Wren and others and granted a royal charter by Charles II, the UK's national science academy (7) |
| EAST | - India Company; trading company established by English merchants under a Royal Charter issued by Elizabeth I in 1600 (4) |
| BANK | - of England; institution founded in 1694 with the signing of a Royal Charter by King William III (4) |
| REIGNINGMONARCH | Elizabeth I in 1600 |
| TUNBRIDGEWELLS | Kent town noted for its Georgian colonnade The Pantiles and granted a 'Royal' prefix in 1909 (9,5) |
| KNOLE | Former archbishop's palace in Sevenoaks, granted to Thomas Sackville by Elizabeth I in 1566 (5) |
| ALLOTMENT | Word for an act of apportionment; the portion granted; a parcel of a field historically assigned to a tenant cottager to labour for him/herself; or, today, a plot rented to grow one's own flowers, fru |
| ROYAL | The - Ballet; granted a charter by the Queen in 1956, a dance company in Covent Garden whose founderchoreographer was Frederick Ashton (5) |
| PEAR | Depicted on the coat of arms of Worcester after an augmentation granted by Elizabeth I in 1575, fruit trained as an espalier or over an arch with roses (4) |
| DRAKE | English sailor and privateer knighted by Elizabeth I in 1581 (5) |
| GAVEAHOOT | Granted a funny man showed concern (4,1,4) |
| CHARTERED | Granted a liberty for three-card trick? (9) |
| PENSIONED | granted a fixed allowance |
| AMNESTIED | Granted a pardon to |
| REPRIEVED | Granted a stay |
| EASTINDIACOMPANY | Organisation founded by royal charter in 1600 deal with the trade of tea, spices etc from Asia (4,5,7) |
| RSPB | A bird-protecting charitable society with an avocet on its crest, a Royal Charter and a million-strong membership "nest" (1,1,1,1) |
| BBC | TV network that operates under a royal charter |
| THEBBC | It operates under a royal charter |
