@Phee wrote:
I’ve entertained the idea that Cora was George’s lost wife, but that was back when I wasn’t convinced that Henry had been royalty. The new info we have about The Miller’s Daughter has made me re-evaluate though.
We now know that they were casting for a young Prince Henry, and for his father the King, who has problems with his gold supply, but Henry’s marriage will fix it. So it’s safe to assume that that’s gonna be the traditional Rumple story where he helps a girl spin straw into gold and she marries royalty. I can’t see that story playing out if Cora’s been previously married to some other king. She’d be damaged goods and not a reliable candidate to help save the kingdom, if she’s previously had a failed marriage to another royal family.
However, what I can see happening is that Cora’s in a loveless marriage to Henry, George is having issues with his wife being cursed, and the two of them have a torrid affair that results in baby Regina.
That’s quite possible…I have wondered if Cora wasn’t once in love with George and he loved her (but she wasn’t his true love) and when he met his wife to be(his true love)…he dumped Cora….and that Cora out of jealousy and revenge was the one that cursed George’s wife so she could not have children. This could have happened before or after she met Henry Sr. If it was an affair after she married Henry(like you suggested) then she could have had the satisfaction of having Regina as George’s biological offspring knowing that George’s true love could never have children of her own…just seems like a Cora thing to do.