| AF | Highest rank of the British Royal Navy (abbr) (2) |
| HMS | British Royal Navy abbr. |
| EARLDOM | Third-highest rank of the peerage (7) |
| VANCOUVER | A city in South West Canada, named after an 18th Century captain of the British Royal Navy (9) |
| SEA | *The British Royal Navy secures it |
| FAA | Section of the Royal Navy (abbr) (3) |
| ADMIRAL | Rank of the British navy's Byng, executed in the 18th century for neglect of duty or, as Voltaire put it, to encourage the others |
| BARON | Male member of the lowest rank of the British nobility (5) |
| ANNE | First name of the Princess Royal who, in 1976, became the first member of the British royal family to compete in an Olympic Games (4) |
| CECIL | Forename of a photographer remembered for his portraits of members of the British Royal family and the "bright young things" (5) |
| BALMORAL | Name of a castle on the river Dee that is the Scottish residence of the British Royal family (8) |
| WINDSOR | One of the principal residences of the British Royal Family, ... Castle |
| PRINCEWILLIAM | Member of the British royal family who became president of the FA in 2006 (6,7) |
| HRH | Abbreviation which precedes the names of senior members of the British Royal Family. (1,1,1) |
| DUCHESSOFKENT | Title currently held by Katharine, the oldest living member of the British Royal Family (7,2,4) |
| MUM | The Queen ___ (member of the British royal family who died in 2002) |
| PRINCECHARLES | Member of the British royal family who's an accomplished painter: 2 wds. |
| SAXE | - - - Coburg-Gotha, the name of the British royal family (1901-17) |
| THECROWN | Netflix drama about the lives of the British Royal Family (3,5) |
| CHAMBERLAIN | Lord _, the chief official of the British royal household (11) |
