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Tuxer wrote: They took over because George was a self-centered tyrant. Also charming (david) did have a direct relation to George, he was his son. George's wife could not concieve so they asked Rumple to use magic but magic always comes with a price and when the queen gave birth to twins Rumple took one of the children with him, to be raised as sheperd. The other twin, prince james, grew up to became a selfish arrogant prick who was killed because of his pride.

So George was left without an heir so he asked help to Rumple who sought the other twin, David, who was raised as a gentle and honorable sheperd. David was bethroted to King Midas' daughter but he fell in love with Snow and fled the cerimony. After the whole ordeal with the poison apple David asked Snow's hand in marriage.

Snow knew they could not have their happy ending because either Regina or George would not stop until they died. So David and Snow decided to take back the kingdom and the one they chose was George's because attacking Regina's kingdom would be suicide thanks to her magic; a mere move of her hand and one of them would became a bug that would be easily smashed (I don't know why didn't did this before was either because she's dumb or a saddistic bitch).

So David, being George's son, has a right to his father's kingdom. They take it back and they are crowned king and queen and get an official marriage which was crashed by Regina as seen in the pilot. And all else is history... Actually, George's wife couldn't have kids so he arranged Rumplestiltskin to get him a son and so George ended up adopting James. When James died, George still needs gold so he adopts Charming to pose as James in order to get Midas as an allie by uniting the kingdom through their marriage. At no point were James or Charming mentioned as being biologically related to George and only are related through adoption. Hope this helps :)