### Clue: Imagined country united after one king, then another, beheaded queen (9)
### Answer: RURITANIA 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Imagined country
 U(abbrev. for "united") **placed after**(after one) R(abbrev. for "Rex"/king) **plus**(then another) R(ditto) + "Titania"(in folklore, Queen of the Fairies) **minus ****its 1st letter**(beheaded …).
Defn: …/fictional Central European country created by author Anthony Hope.