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Promotes coats worn by the Queen (8)

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I believe the answer is:

furthers

'promotes' is the definition.
(furthering is a kind of promoting)

'coats worn by the queen' is the wordplay.
'coats' becomes 'furs' (fur is a kind of coat).
'worn by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'queen' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation regina. e.g. in ER ).
'the'+'r'='ther'
'furs' placed around 'ther' is 'FURTHERS'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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