| UMBERTO | ___ II, last king of Italy who briefly reigned in 1946 (7) |
| HAROLD | ____ II, last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king, who reigned in 1066 (6) |
| DANE | Hamlet briefly reigned anew (4) |
| PATRICK | EastEnder who briefly dated Cora Cross before deciding he wanted her out of the B&B (7,7) |
| GEORGIA | Ex-wife of Rishi Sharma who briefly returned to Emmerdale (7) |
| BRAXTON | River Boy who briefly made a return to Home and Away (5,7) |
| OCONNOR | Late all-round entertainer who briefly hosted Countdown (3,1'6) |
| THEODORIC | Ostrogoth king who made himself king of Italy in 493, with his capital in Ravenna (9) |
| GIULIOANDREOTTI | Politician seven times prime minister of Italy, who was the subject of the 2008 film Il Divo (6,9) |
| ESTE | Noble family of Italy who governed Modena and Reggio from the 13th-18th century (4) |
| CONTE | Giuseppe, prime minister of Italy who assumed office on June 1 2018 (5) |
| BENITOMUSSOLINI | Fascist dictator of Italy who was called Il Duce by his countrymen (6,9) |
| ETRUSCANS | Ancient peoples of Italy who influenced the Roman civilization |
| GIORGIOARMANI | Fashion designer born in Piacenza, Italy, who set up his own company in 1975 (7,6) |
| MONTEZUMA | -- II, last ruler of Aztec empire in Mexico (9) |
| AKKAD | Sargon of ___ (reigned in the 24th/23rd centuries BC), one of the world's earliest empire builders (5) |
| TEAGENTLEMENOFVERONA | Guys from northern Italy who deal in pekoe? |
| NICHOLAS | ... II, last Emperor of All Russia |
| CZAR | Nicholas II, last ___ of Russia (4) |
| MEG | Ryan who reigned in rom-coms |
