| BUCKINGHAM | the English king's castle |
| ROOK | The King's castle...isn't Windsor, or you'll put the crow on it! (4) |
| EDMUNDIRONSIDE | Byname of the English king who was Ethelred the Unready's son (6,8) |
| MAGNACARTA | Celebrated document of 1215, subjecting the English king to the rule of law (5,5) |
| UNREADY | Ethelred the - - -, English king (7) |
| REGALLIGHTS | Chandeliers in a king's castle? |
| COEURDELION | French nickname of the English King killed in 1199 (5,2,4) |
| RUFUS | William ___ , byname of the English king, William II, because of his ruddy complexion (5) |
| GAUNT | Thin and haggard; John of -----, uncle to the English king, Richard II, and father of Henry IV (5) |
| HEROICS | He's captured French King's castle? Such bravery! (7) |
| HINDRANCE | On back rank, to hide king, castle away from centre? It's check |
| ROOKS | Bouncers outside king's castles |
| PLANTAGENET | A line of English kings, ruling from the ascent of Henry II to the death of Richard III (11) |
| THREE | The number of English kings with the regnal name Richard (5) |
| RICHARD | Name of three English kings including the last English monarch to die in battle, in 1485 (7) |
| EDWARD | The name of eight English kings (6) |
| WITAN | Counselors to early English kings |
| ETHELR | Name of two English kings |
| EDW | One of eight English kings: Abbr. |
| TWERK | Two short English kings behave provocatively (5) |
