Quiet royal and popular monarch arranged to live with shy person (9,6)
I believe the answer is:
shrinking violet
'shy person' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'quiet royal and popular monarch arranged to live' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'quiet' could be 'sh' ('sh' is used to tell someone to be quiet) and 'sh' is present in the answer.
'royal' could be 'king' (a king is royal) and 'king' is found within the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found within the answer.
'monarch' could be 'r' (abbreviation for regina, e.g. in ER ) and 'r' is found within the answer.
'live' could be 'l' (electrical abbreviation) and 'l' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shrinking violet that I've seen before include "Plant not growing" , "Exaggeratedly shy person" , "shy type" , "wallflower" , "Person not likely to stand out" .)