Earl governing in a state, having received no news about King (6,2)
I believe the answer is:
george vi
'earl governing in a state' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'received no news about king' is the wordplay.
'received no news' becomes 'vi' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'king' becomes 'George' (eg King George VI).
'vi' after 'george' is 'GEORGE VI'.
'having' acts as a link.
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