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Kingdom's natural leader, dressed in Roman costume (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tonga

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'kingdom's' is the definition.
(kingdom in Polynesia)

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(Other definitions for tonga that I've seen before include "Do a bad tango in the Pacific archipelago" , "South Pacific island group country" , "part of Polynesia" , "SW Pacific monarchy" , "Relatively small" .)

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