Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-33168501-20170923194255/@comment-27060727-20170924043941

Rumple-shtiltshkin wrote: That reminds me of something. On twitter, there was a picture of Mekia Cox and the new "prince"  together. What if the ball was being hosted by him and Tiana? Makes sense, since Tiana is present at the ball... That was Kevin Ryan - he plays a prince in 7x05, but is not the actor listed in the press release for 7x01. So I'm assuming he cannot be the prince hosting the ball since he doesn't appear in the premiere. He's likely a separate part of Tiana's backstory.