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Royal family member, this one's brother's son (8)

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I believe the answer is:

princess

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'royal family member' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'this one's brother's son' is the wordplay.
'this one's brother's' becomes 'prince' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'son' becomes 'ss' (I've seen this in other clues).
'prince'+'ss'='PRINCESS'

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(Other definitions for princess that I've seen before include "A monarch's daughter" , "Daughter of a sovereign" , "She's royal" , "Female member of a royal family" , "lady unreachable?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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