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Rain ensues when Her Majesty attends event (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shower

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'rain' is the definition.
(I know that shower is a more specific form of the action rain)

'ensues when her majesty attends event' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'when' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'event' could be 'show' (show is a kind of event) and 'show' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for shower that I've seen before include "Rabble - downfall" , "Fall of rain; slack people (slang)" , "awful group of people" , "One who indicates way" , "One displaying - short spell of rain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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