| HAGUE | The _, administrative and royal capital of the Netherlands (5) |
| MANDALAY | The royal capital of the last monarch of Myanmar (8) |
| GALLOWAY | Dumfries and ___, administrative region of south-west Scotland (8) |
| REGS | Rules and ___ (administrative law collection) |
| KANDY | Royal capital of Ceylon |
| LUANG | ___ Prabang, royal capital of Laos |
| RABAT | N. African royal capital |
| STEEL | Danielle -; author of novels including All that Glitters, Family, Kaleidoscope and Royal (5) |
| BANFF | Former county town and royal burgh in the north east (pop 4,000) (5) |
| CADENCE | Beat the bounder upsetting the EEC meeting around the capital of the Netherlands (7) |
| PAPER | Material with traditional English cut sizes including antiquarian, atlas, colombier, crown and royal (5) |
| AMIES | Edwin Hardy ___ , English fashion designer and royal dressmaker (5) |
| HENRY | The royal in "Red, White & Royal Blue" |
| TRACT | Religious treatise on diplomacy and Royal interference (5) |
| ABBEY | Westminster -, venue for coronations and royal weddings (5) |
| AMSTERDAM | The capital of the Netherlands; title of a novel by Ian McEwan; or, with "Old", a brand of mature Gouda (9) |
| ERROR | Mistake made by the queen and royals accepting ring (5) |
| MBABANE | The capital, administrative and financial centre of Swaziland (7) |
| OUAGADOUGOU | The capital, administrative and economic centre of Burkina Faso (11) |
| ANDRE | Agassi and royal engineers (5) |
