Royal in copyright in the papers? (8)
I believe the answer is:
princess
'royal' is the definition.
(princess royal is a kind of royal)
'in copyright in the papers?' is the wordplay.
'copyright' becomes 'C' (as in the copyright symbol, a C in a circle).
'in the' is an insertion indicator.
'papers?' becomes 'press' (the newspaper industry).
'in'+'c'='inc'
'inc' going into 'press' is 'PRINCESS'.
(Other definitions for princess that I've seen before include "Attractive woman" , "Royal girl" , "lady unreachable?" , "Part of royalty" , "Sovereign's daughter" .)