LONG LIVE KING MICKEY

 

To mark the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, the Disney Store in the UK have released a limited edition (only 2000 and only £14.00 a piece) 'Coronation Day' pin-badge featuring a monarchical Mickey Mouse costumed along the lines of his appearance in his 1990 film, The Prince and the Pauper. 

 

Unsurprisingly, this desirable little collectible sold out faster than the proverbial hot-cakes.

Interestingly, it's not the first time that Disney – at least in the UK – has taken the knee to the British Crown: 70 years ago this month, May 1953, Mickey Mouse Weekly celebrated the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with this cover illustration showing the progress of the Gold State Coach watched by a cheering, flag-waving crown including Mickey and the gang. 

 

And 16 years earlier, in May 1937, Mickey Mouse Weekly had a cover marking the Coronation of His Majesty King George VI with the Mouse and the Duck cheer-leading the celebrations with, again, a prominent presence of the Union flag – which (as is not always the case) is correctly displayed the right way up!