Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4839682-20130126013341/@comment-6175354-20130204201410

Warhorse78 wrote: I think Charming's real name is Arthur. And, this show doesn't exactly follow the original stories to a T, so they could mix the whole thing up. Fact is, Charming is friends with Lancelot and he was part of the Round Table. Except, Lancelot implied that Arthur, was the King who banished him. Prince Charming and King Arthur are two different people.

Besides, I would not call Charming and Lancelot "friends". Maybe that was the original plan, but it seems that the writers dropped it. Lancelot was only introduced as a way to bring Cora and Hook to Storybrooke, and possibly have King Arthur and Merlin in a future season.