Royal horse-drawn carriage for conquering hero and one absent (8)
I believe the answer is:
victoria
'royal' is the definition.
(Victoria is an example)
'horse-drawn carriage for conquering hero and one absent' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found within the answer.
'hero' could be 'vc' and 'vc' is found within the remaining letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for victoria that I've seen before include "Wood" , "Queen - lake -sponge" , "London Underground line represented in light blue" , "place where one may be stationed?" , "I will be good she said" .)