Raise your hand if you think the Red Queen learned magic from Cora? The tracking spell she used seemed very familiar, like we’ve seen it on ONCE from either Regina or Cora (someone confirm or deny?) We know Ana wasn’t always a Queen (she knows how to get her hands dirty) but how did she learn magic? Theory: after she married the King (and then disposed of him) she and Cora teamed up to take over Wonderland together. When Cora left WL with Hook in 209 “QoH” she left the RQ with her half of the kingdom.
I agree except she deposed the King after she met Cora. Then that only leaves the question of when Jafar enters the pictures.