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Where British royals go to get relief it's said (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

balmoral

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'where british royals go' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'get relief it's said' is the wordplay.
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'relief' becomes 'balm' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'it's said' becomes 'oral' (both can mean spoken).
'balm'+'oral' is 'BALMORAL'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for balmoral that I've seen before include "Scottish holiday residence of British royals" , "Laced boot" , "Royal retreat in Scotland" , "somewhere in Scotland" , "Bonnet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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