| APELDOORN | Dutch town near the former royal palace of Het Loo |
| HAMPTON | Former royal palace on the banks of the River Thames, ... Court |
| VERSAILLES | Former royal palace near Paris that contains the Hall of Mirrors (10) |
| RUBENS | Artist whose companion pair The Rainbow Landscape and A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning depict his country house and estate in Brabant at harvest time (6) |
| LUTON | Town in Bedfordshire near the former seat of prime minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (5) |
| ARCH | Marble -; structure near the former site of the Tyburn gallows (4) |
| ANSON | Surname of the former Royal photographer Patrick, Earl of Lichfield (5) |
| LEITH | Port where the former Royal Yacht Britannia is moored (5) |
| ERRED | Got the former royal colour wrong? |
| RODRIGO | Blind from the age of three, a Spanish composer whose guitar concerto Concierto de Aranjuez was inspired by the scent of the magnolias in the gardens of the Royal Palace of Aranjuez (7) |
| ZARZUELA | Spanish term, from "blackberry, bramble", that refers to a Catalan bouillabaisse-like seafood stew; Spanish operetta/vaudeville; a royal palace of Espana; or, metonymically, the monarchy of Spain (8) |
| OSLO | The Royal Palace of Norway's monarchy is located in this city (4) |
| MARKETBOSWORTH | Small town near the site of the decisive final battle of the Wars of the Roses (6,8) |
| LYMEREGIS | Nicknamed the "Pearl of Dorset", a coastal town near the site of fossilist Mary Anning's discovery of the first specimen of ichthyosaurus (4,5) |
| THAIS | An Athenian courtesan who, according to legend, caused Alexander to burn the royal palace of Persepolis (5) |
| CLEVES | German town near the Dutch border, family seat of the duke whose sister married Henry VIII of England (6) |
| ALLOA | Scottish town near the head of the Firth of Forth |
| JERICHO | Palestinian town near the north end of the Dead Sea considered to be the world's oldest settlement (7) |
| ALNESS | Scottish town near the mouth of the River Averon (6) |
| DINGWALL | Town near the head of the Cromarty Firth (8) |
