Nearly where a queen heard she had the throne and crown (7)
I believe the answer is:
treetop
'crown' is the definition.
(I know that crown can be written as treetop)
'nearly where a queen heard she had the throne' is the wordplay.
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'where a queen heard she had the throne' becomes 'Treetops' (Queen Elizabeth stayed in the Treetops Hotel).
'treetops' with its last letter taken away is 'TREETOP'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for treetop that I've seen before include "High point of a plane, for example" , "Highest branch location" , "To Peter (anag)" , "for baby, a rocky situation" , "` `Rockaby baby on a .......' '" .)