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Wanted to include a couple of royals when necessary (9)

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I believe the answer is:

warranted

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'necessary' is the definition.
(warranted means justified or necessary)

'wanted to include a couple of royals' is the wordplay.
'to include' indicates putting letters inside.
'couple of' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'royals' becomes 'r' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'r' doubled is 'rr'.
'a'+'rr'='arr'
'wanted' placed around 'arr' is 'WARRANTED'.

'when' is the link.

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(Another definition for warranted that I've seen is " Justified or guaranteed".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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