Present for Danish leader in English city (8)
I believe the answer is:
hereford
'english city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'present for danish leader' is the wordplay.
'present' becomes 'here' (both can mean in attendance).
'leader' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'danish' is 'd'.
'here'+'for'+'d'='HEREFORD'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for hereford that I've seen before include "cross breed of cattle" , "Lower" , "Red and white cattle breed" , "town" , "Red-bodied beef cattle with white markings" .)