Perhaps solitary Queen fan? (8)
I believe the answer is:
royalist
'queen fan?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'perhaps solitary' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'solitary' anagrammed gives 'ROYALIST'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for royalist that I've seen before include "12 (anag)" , "Civil War participant" , "Monarchist" , "For queen" , "One pro-monarchy" .)