Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-25733960-20180519054612/@comment-25926288-20180522175147

Aine1989 wrote: Thing is, that is a headcanon. You are headcanoning around it and that's great, power to you.

But it isn't canon. What we were shown did leave wiggle room but it was also shown that Regina was crowned Queen and we didn't see anyone else. Well, let’s use canon facts.

Snow placed the crown on Regina’s Head.

Snow said that the people chose Regina.

So, it is canon that the people chose Regina to be their leader.