Story mother noted down about a king and queen (9)
I believe the answer is:
narrative
'story' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'mother noted down about a king and queen' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'mother' could be 'rat' (synonyms) and 'rat' is located in the answer.
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is present in the answer.
'king' could be 'r' (abbreviation of Latin rex) and 'r' is found in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ive' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for narrative that I've seen before include "Account describing events" , "Report" , "Telling a story" , "Spoken account; story" , "Chronicle" .)