A group of conservatives picked by the Florida governor to oversee how Disney operates has been neutered with a contract that could last decades.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' attempt to strip Disney of self-governance have been thwarted by a document that invokes the British royal family.

But before DeSantis was able to replace the Reedy Creek board’s members with his own donors, the outgoing members had one last maneuver — as DeSantis and his supporters just found out. In a meeting on February 8,

Disney and the previous Reedy Creek board agreed to revert decisions back to Disney World, which could render DeSantis’ board powerless.

The plot has thickened in Ron DeSantis’s war against Disney. As reported this week by the Orlando Sentinel, weeks before the Florida governor stripped Disney of its decades-long ability to self-govern a special tax district,

King Charles III is playing a bizarre role in a messy dispute between the governor of Florida and Disney World which has gay rights as a backdrop.

As you may have heard, Florida governor Ron DeSantis has been culture-war feuding with one of Florida’s more famous corporate tenants, The Walt Disney Company. Earlier this year, DeSantis directed the state to take over control of the special district where Disney World is located.