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Separate royal headline from February 1981? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disengaged

'separate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for disengaged that I've seen before include "Detached, separated" , "withdrawn" , "Unattached" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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