Member of one's group earned right to entertain king and queen (5)

I believe the answer is:

durer

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'member of one's group earned' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'right to entertain king and queen' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'due' (due is a kind of right).
'to entertain' indicates putting letters inside.
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation for rex, king in Latin).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'queen' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for regina, e.g. in ER ).
'due' placed around 'r' is 'dure'.
'dure'+'r'='DURER'

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(Other definitions for durer that I've seen before include "Albrecht -, fifteenth to sixteenth century German artist" , "Renaissance painter" , "Albrecht --, German painter and engraver" , "Albrecht --, German painter/engraver" , "Albrecht -, C15-16 German artist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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