Thatcher missed a reception in honor of her 85th birthday hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron in October 2010 and skipped the unveiling of a statue of Reagan in London in July last year.
Magicians have made elephants, horses, and tigers disappear, and David Copperfield even made a national icon and symbol of freedom, the Statue of Liberty, vanish.
Callum Gurney and David York, who are part of a group of 11 friends who bought the statue, said their "dream" was to place it above their local pub in Allestree.