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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Disney’s last-minute deal to strip power from DeSantis-appointed board looks to King Charles

AP

Disney World may have blocked a board appointed by Ron DeSantis from making major changes to its sprawling Florida parks thanks to a last-minute clause invoking King Charles III.

Before a governing board was filled with hand-picked DeSantis loyalists, the previous board members approved an 11th-hour change that gives Disney the final say “21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, king of England living as of the date of this declaration”.

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