Retiring Queen and followers prepare for alternative employment (7)
I believe the answer is:
retrain
'retiring queen and followers' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'prepare for alternative employment' is the wordplay.
'prepare' becomes 'train' (synonyms).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'alternative employment' becomes 're' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'train' after 're' is 'RETRAIN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for retrain that I've seen before include "Learn new skills" , "coach yet again" , "Be taught new skills" , "Prepare for new job" , "Study for new job" .)