Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20140126015900/@comment-6175354-20140202193252

Arctucrus wrote: How come? More for Regina's sake, than anything else. It is bad enough, that Cora forced her daughter into a loveless marriage. Leopold possibly being Regina's uncle, would only make it worse.

It does make sense, though. Princess Eva was visiting King Xavier's kingdom, as an "honored guest". So, perhaps she and Prince Leopold were already betrothed. Not to mention, that creepy kiss Cora gave Eva's corpse, at the funeral.