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Foreign noble at a fine high-class French palace (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fontainebleau

'french palace' is the definition.
(palace in France)

'foreign noble at a fine high-class' is the wordplay.
'foreign' indicates an anagram (foreign order of the letters).
'high class' becomes 'u'.
'noble'+'at'+'a'+'fine'='nobleatafine'
'nobleatafine' is an anagram of 'fontaineblea'.
'fontaineblea'+'u'='FONTAINEBLEAU'

(Other definitions for fontainebleau that I've seen before include "Town with chateau near Paris" , "French forest" , "French town" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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