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Big news! Princess in Britain was forced to ingest ecstasy and cocaine? (6,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

banner headline

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'britain was forced to ingest ecstasy and cocaine?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'big news princess' is the wordplay.
'big' becomes 'banner' (similar in meaning).
'news princess' becomes 'headline' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'banner'+'headline'='BANNER HEADLINE'

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for banner headline that I've seen before include "Streamer" , "Newspaper front page item" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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