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Actual kingdo_? (4)

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real

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'actual' is the definition.
(I know that actual can be written as real)

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(Other definitions for real that I've seen before include "Substantial" , "Actual, not illusory" , "---- Madrid, Spanish football club" , "The old coin actually exists" , "Actual, not imagined" .)

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