Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-184.155.191.147-20130127002725/@comment-2111018-20130202211608

A queen dowager is just a title given to a person whose royal spouse has died. They have little power. Technically Regina would have been a queen mother, and they only rules until the true heir (Snow) is of age. Clearly Snow is of age, thus she is the queen.

Regina had no real claim to the throne, she was royal only through marriage. Really, Snow was always the true queen, Regina was just a userper.

For the take back the kingdom bit, one can infere that they have seeing as they are living in George's palace and have control of his old guards. Also, in The Cricket Game the guard tells Regina that King George's army has fallen and the kingdom is theirs (Snow and Charming). Also in The Cricket Game, after they capture Regina Charming says that the kingdom is theirs (S and C).