The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STUART
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result STUART
- Royal house for all to see in shoot
- Begin cladding front of ugly house
- A trust set up by the royal family
- Beginning to tour upper-class house
- Foolishly trust a royal house
- Union leader interrupts opening of
- House that used to lead university during commencement
- Words of rebuke around about a king — beheaded one, maybe?
- Three successive characters painting house
- One of several monarchs providing university in beginning
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The straight part
We know that "house" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case house = stuart.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.