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A vile princess is involved in historic rebellion (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sicilian vespers

'historic rebellion' is the definition.
(1282 rebellion)

'a vile princess is involved' is the wordplay.
'involved' indicates an anagram (involved can mean confusing or complex).
'a'+'vile'+'princess'+'is'='avileprincessis'
'avileprincessis' anagrammed gives 'SICILIAN VESPERS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for sicilian vespers that I've seen is " A massacre".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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