### Clue: Official regret about old soldiers appearing in court (8)
### Answer: EUROCRAT 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Official
 **Reversal of**(… about) RUE(to regret/to feel sorry about something done or let happen) + O(abbrev. for "old") + [RA(abbrev. for the Royal Artillery, soldiers in the British Army) **contained in**(appearing in) CT(abbrev. for "court", as in a postal address)].
Defn: … in the EU Administration.