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It's better when princes have a change of heart (5)

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I believe the answer is:

nicer

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'it's better' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'princes have a change of heart' is the wordplay.
'princes have' becomes 'nic' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a change' becomes 'jerk' (jerk is a kind of change).
'of heart' means to look at the middle letters (I've seen 'hearts' mean this).
The middle of 'jerk' is 'er'.
'nic'+'er'='NICER'

'when' is the link.

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(Other definitions for nicer that I've seen before include "harder to please" , "Pleasanter" , "More pleasant or courteous" , "better" , "More pleasing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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