First to examine question of concern about King or Queen? (7)
I believe the answer is:
equerry
'queen?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'first to examine question of concern about king' is the wordplay.
'first to' says to take the initial letters.
'question of concern' becomes 'query' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'king' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation for rex).
The initial letter of 'examine' is 'e'.
'query' placed around 'r' is 'querry'.
'e'+'querry'='EQUERRY'
'or' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for equerry that I've seen before include "Officer attendant upon British sovereign" , "Attendant in royal household" , "Sovereign's officer" , "Officer of the British royal household" , "Attendant of royalty" .)